Devenir Trop Exigeante
Récemment, j’ai chuté sur un trottoir, et ai eu alors une lourde attelle pendant six semaines ; puis j’ai eu à faire face à œdème et raideurs, comme séquelles handicapantes. Beaucoup de voisines, voyant cela, m’ont proposé leur aide, me disant « N’hésite pas à me...
A Farewell Message
I have been editing submissions for publication of the ACA ComLine Blog since it was launched on 1 February 2022. For most of that time, I have done this work alone. It is now time for me to move on and for someone else to step up and take over this responsibility....
Our Last Visit
Blue leather lounge chaircenter of the roomcenter of attentionsittingagingFox News blaringdecades gone byhate mongeringday and nightshe's hypnotized by hate to cover her loneliness3,000 miles awaythe distance felt as a betrayaleven 30 years laterI'm unforgivenHere in...
My Struggle to Be – Me
I must not be me. daddy-Monster will explode on me. All over me. I dare not be. I don’t know what I’ve done wrong, but I must not be me. daddy-Monster will blame me. At school, I must not be me; catholic nuns will vilify...
Lettre De Gratitude
Editor's note: English translation was created using google translate Chers membres et serviteurs d’Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACA),En ce mois de novembre, mois de la gratitude, je ressens profondément le besoin de vous écrire pour exprimer ma reconnaissance envers...
Irate Customer
Purchasing a greeting card for my wife,I hear a commotion.Lots of anger and cussing.I look around a corner. I see an older man shove an employee.Tall, grey hair, grey beard,probably in his seventies.He cusses and exits the store. I start to follow, then stop.I look...
The Wall Between Us
The Wall was her charm, her people-pleasing, her lies mixed with a deep care for me, her mother. The Wall was addiction. The Wall was the disconnect in our realities. I had wanted so much to believe that she had left her drug-of-choice in the rearview mirror, even...
Why I Don’t Ask for Help
Asking requires a voiceConfidence to use itAnd fearlessnessA form of self-awarenessAnd courageVulnerability and self-discoveryHope FaithAnd TrustFrightening and unfamiliarSurreal and foreignWho can I trust?I don't know how to trust myselfLet alone anyone...
English Glossary for ACA Literature
Here is a link to an English language Glossary of English terms in ACA literature that have caused issues for non-English speakers and for translations: https://acawso.org/translations/current-english-foundation-glossary/ People can do a global search for the word or...
Copyright Infringement Ultimately Hurts More Than It Helps
ACA WSO is working diligently to protect ACA by removing copyright-infringing websites, online pdfs of our books, and counterfeit sales of ACA literature. These efforts involve considerable legal expenses and staff time but are necessary, so the copyrights are...