Promises
Promising changePromising reliefIf I am willing to do the workI will turn over a new leafFreedom is a giftLike a breath of fresh airI have new healthy choicesA life I now can bearLiving in the presentMindful and awakeFeeling Higher Powers loveFor recovery...
Safety Tent Card History
The Safety Tent Card will be presented to Delegates for Conference Approval at the 2024 Annual Business Conference (ABC) on May 18, 2024. Here is a history of the development of the Safety Tent Card from the Literature Committee:The APB (Addressing Predatory Behavior)...
Trees and Connection
Throughout most of my childhood,I climbed my beloved climbing tree that made sour plums in the summer.The best climbing tree in the neighborhood was in the front yard of an aged retired couplewho had been missionaries in Japan.Not a word about religion was...
The Color Dread
I was five years old. daddy-Monster told me to take out the trash. I remember the color dread. What if I did it wrong? Then daddy-Monster would explode. But he didn’t explode. I must have done it right. I remember catholic...
I Believe
I believe in the sun and the moon, that they will come around again.I believe in the clouds and the blue sky, and the starry nights.I believe in the summer and winter, that they will come around again too.I believe in the trees, the plants, and the grasses.I believe...
Boundaries Team Invites Shares and Writers
In 2020, the Delegates passed a motion to ask the Literature Committee to create resources on boundaries. A working group was set up to begin this work. The group disbanded before it completed its work, but its preliminary work was incorporated into a format for a...
A Sufficient Alternative to The Original Twelve Steps
To me, the purpose of ACA recovery is to heal from the effects of trauma related to family or caregiver alcoholism/dysfunction while reparenting ourselves with love. This trauma, inflicted through abuse or neglect, can have situational and/or developmental aspects,...
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,...
Tension
Walking stiff like a robotArms swaying outwardAttempting to take up physical spaceHead held highChest up and out Do you feel it? Hips hold stress from today and trauma from yester yearsMuscles surrounding my pelvis are short and tightTough like a tennis ball with all...