A Pantoum on the Adrenals
Freeze - All attention must be on the current crisis.Freeze - I spend most of my day waiting for a crisis. Freeze - All resources must be ready to be deployed in the crisis.Freeze - All resources on constant standby.Freeze - I spend most of my day waiting for a...
Step Five: “Admitted What Is True.”
Insights are a blessing. Catching on to how I’ve done my best—however silly that may look now, looking back, preparing myself to complete Step Five—isn’t that a breeze that lifts my kite! If I am honest, really honest, my heart is filled to overflowing with—of all...
Good Enough for Me
It was love at first sight, even though I sprayed my drink in your faceTrying to suppress a guffaw at your antics.Sure you were 15 years my elder, and an alcoholic to boot,But that was good enough for me.I went along for the ride as you steered your beat up FordTo the...
Step Five: “Admitted To A Power…”
Waiting for a sign: It is not necessary to know in advance what will become of what I do today. I show up. I remind myself that I am a person with a life—with goals, with hopes, with questions, and with needs I cannot and do not want to ignore. It is okay to be this...
Reparenting at 30000 ft
Out the window an endless sea of white… I close my eyes… like the white knubby blanket on my bed when I tried to sleep so still, so flatthat no one would know I was in the bed - especially not the vampire in my closet.“Little Me, this is scared.”I lie in bed next to...
Attention Deficits in Step Four
How many fellowship members have been diagnosed with what are called attention deficit disorders? I may discover that a substantial number of people recovering from trauma have been labeled among those who either cannot stay focused or, conversely, are hypervigilant,...
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Recovery..and Feelings Therewith Connected
Life swinging to and fro seems out of control..muffle,chatter, hollow talk to silence my soul.Pay no mind to where i go or where ive been..horrified at what i see when i look within.Cant stand the ugly monster i continue to feed..just gimme what i want straight to...
New Guidelines For Contributions by ACA Groups, Intergroups, & Regions
The following suggested guidelines for 7th Tradition contributions have been adopted by the WSO Board of Trustees and approved by the Conference delegates at their November 12, 2022, meeting. They were finalized at the February 18, 2023, delegates meeting. These...
Unresolved Issues
Some of my struggles with steps 2 & 3)Step 2: Came to believe that a power greater than myself could restore me to sanity.Step 3: Made a decision to turn my will and my life over to the care of God as I understand God.Two decades of childhood domestic violence...