The ACA “Laundry List” Describes Compliant Adult Children, Not Exiles Or Rebels
Only Trait 4 specifies substance abuse, as a way to cope. Addict/Alcoholic adult children do share the feelings—fears—in the traits, but they acted out as targets of abuse. I believe lumping defiant behaviors into the “Other Laundry List” isn’t satisfactory. All...
Volcano
Living with a volcano….He provides for us.He keeps us well fed, terrified,emotionally famished. The volcano explodesoften and unpredictably.Then just as suddenly,an eerie calm as if nothing happened. When will the volcano erupt?There’s no way to know.It just...
Turlock
nearing the restaurant I hear the boys passing on bicycles speaking beautiful Spanish entering i see a lot of people not prizing some invisible seed of potential ...
Rubber Band
I served as my family's rubber band... keeping it all together despite how far I stretched myself. There I was, a supple little loop; one end stretched to keep my Dad inside, the other around my Mom to keep her from falling apart. I strained and folded, bent and...
The Dawning Of You
Shattering silent stillness, heavy dark night Brilliant morning spills over a crisp horizon Spiritual awe-ache-ening Gawking griefstreaked shockO, Unnameable One, quiet, timeless Presence, it was always You.Merciful firmament ...
A Proposal Review Opportunity
Through the proposal process, groups suggest ideas to benefit the worldwide ACA fellowship. Each proposal can become an issue, to be voted on by ACA groups globally. The results of the polling help set the agenda for the Annual Business Conference (ABC). If your...
Without The Steps There Is No Core
I want to say something that some may have a hard time hearing. ACA has, in my opinion, been abused by the confusion that skewed WSO's framing of our program. I see and hear people with a lot of time and good will trying to come to grips with fashioning core documents...
I Met Grief In A Dewdrop
I first wrote this poem on December 24th, 2004, as a response to childhood experiences when I remembered how I fled to the natural safety of the fields and flowers after I was cruelly beaten for minor disobediences. Initially I used the word ‘GOD’ as the key word in...
Multi-Tool
Oh the delights of a renaissance man!One who shares such talents and toolsUnexpected in their wide divergenceFree from social norms and rules The hippie who embroidered daisiesWherever he found tears in his clothesThen stained glass called to his artistKaleidoscopes...
Meditation: Cottonwoods: Ten-Thousands Reasons Why
Small ponds dry up. The season, even the climate, changes. What happens? What becomes of the largemouth bass, when the temperature goes up? Or when beavers or the Corp of Engineers, re-route the stream on such as he? Big fish and those who resist change are vulnerable...