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,...
Empowerment: Protecting My Inner Child
Higher Power
If you are out there, grant me Strength, to persevere, when I tell myself it is too muchPerspective, to not exaggerate things or distract or me from my goalsTranquility, in quiet measure, throughout my daysPatience, for myself and others, as we are all on our...
Prompt
Write about the questions you have for your Higher Power. How can I find the answer to why I want to write? How can I uncover the obstacles that do not allow me to put pen to paper? How can I allow myself to learn the words that bring my writing piece alive? How can I...