Volunteer Resource Committee Appeal
Hello Friends, This is the Volunteer Resource Committee checking in with a couple of timely announcements. But first, how are you? Enjoying Spring? (Hmm, is that northern hemisphere-centric?) Are you finding a home in recovery? It’s different for everyone and everyone...
Finally… We Have An ACA Conference Charter
Well, not yet, but according to a recent motion* passed at the Annual Business Conference, a first-of-it’s-kind charter could be on the way! (*find the report at https://acawso.org/abc-awc-study/)Wait, haven’t I heard this before? Indeed, you have. The idea...
Service Wellness 24/7
Hello, and welcome to our committee’s second year of service to the ACA Fellowship. Since March, the Volunteer Resource Committee (VRC) has had a soft ‘roll-out’ of a new program. Service Wellness 24/7This program provides a gentle and respectful space in which ACA...
True Teacher
(A short letter/poem to the one teacher who made a difference for me, who revealed my competence to me.)Dear seventh-grade math teacher, you had no idea – the family violence endured by one of your students. I was a C/D student before your...
Anonimity is a Spiritual Principle in Step Eleven
It is a mistake to approach Step Eleven with the old idea that I know what it means to pray or to receive guidance in meditation. That is not to say that I do not have ideas or spiritual experiences I bring or can draw on in Step Eleven. No. I am a spiritual being in...
Green Florals and Brown Spots
I remember a green floral sofa and a blurry brown spotted carpet.I confuse them as being together at the same time and place, but it's not the case; pictures tell me so.One was in our first home and apartment. The other was in our one and only house. Yet they are...
Anger
A drawing from an art-making ACA meeting reflecting my anger about being put into boxes regarding themes of femininity and conditional love regarding gender expression.
The Package
THE PACKAGE(A short poem about my struggle to face the ugly truth about family dysfunction.) A package appears on my desk,addressed to me.It’s from my parents.I see the label: Family Secrets. I know the rules:do not open under any circumstance.But the package calls to...
Daily Affirmations
“We are much like other people” in fellowship. In practical terms, the AA program’s view that “we are in this together” and “we are the resources that are there for each other” is a baseline I can make use of, whether I ever was a drinker or addict or not. When the AA...
Fight, Flight, Freeze (Facing PTSD)
ChildhoodFight… to be seen, heard, cared for, respected, understood, protected… No way. That kind of dreams never came true.Flight… Dreams, imagination, stories in my books and in my mind… All that can re-write crude life is welcomed.Freeze… Don’t talk, don’t feel, be...