Palace of Mirrors
This song represents a time of darkness just before the dawn of my ACA recovery journey. Its meaning and feel have changed and grown from when I first wrote and recorded it. Over the nearly four years of my time in ACA, I have come back to it and listened with greater...
Hair
Monique J.
ACA Works on Internalized Racism
I’m a Filipina-American, with nine years in ACA. I did not grow up with alcoholism, drug addiction, or mental illness. I did grow up with immigrant trauma, intergenerational colonialist trauma, internalized racism, and a resulting set of stressed out hard-working...
Life Force (HP) Outside My Window
Dew drop glistening with light shining through, drops to the ground only to slowly form againCherry blossoms bursting alive, proudly showing pink petals amid tangled branchesHeat waves from a roof vent shimmering like a mirage, reminder to be grateful...
Inner Family Art
A page for my inner family's art journal. Together, we reflect on the solution and enjoy creating with our non-dominant hand and water color paint. Dawn G
What am I Afraid of? (Boundaries)
I looked up fears. Found…12 basic fears: Rejection, Abandonment, Failure, Success, Being Lied To, Being Hurt (emotionally or physically), Being Intimidated, Being Exposed, Being Humiliated, Responsibility, The Unknown, and...
ACA Amendments
This article is my ACA Amendments. They are the evidence of the healing that came from learning and applying the ACA Bill of Rights. Definitions from Google:A Bill is a proposal for new laws or a change to an existing law.Amendment is a formal change to a law,...
Come Join the Spiritual Inclusion Working Group
Come join as The Spiritual Inclusion Working Group is continuing to make our program more spiritually inclusive, especially for newcomers, by opening to diverse spiritual and non-spiritual perspectives. What thoughts, considerations and ideas do you have? Come bring...
Letter to Mom
I never suspected that your father treated you badly. He was charming, and an enthusiastic host to his grandchildren, so I only saw that side of him. He was playful, mischievous, and resourceful. He made his own soap and vinegar, grew vegetables, bought delicious...
True Self
T - The shape of Tarot’s Hanged Man’s cross, the sacrifice for wisdom, the shape of the Greek letter tau, which sounds like Lao Tzu’s Tao, the Way, the walk towards Truth. R - Regret, rueing past times, and running away from the Truth, then catching myself,...