2022 ABC Results
The 2022 Annual Business Conference, which took place over 3 days entirely on zoom, included a number of new features. First, as the conference takes place 9am to 5pm Eastern time, delegates from certain other time zones are not able to join the meeting during...
Crafting A Proposal, Part 1
If your group has an idea to benefit ACA worldwide, submit it as a Proposal. ACA groups globally, will vote on Ballot Proposals beginning in February. The vote will help set the agenda of the WSO Annual Business Conference (ABC). ‘Crafting A Proposal’ workshops...
Hidden Disability
I was asked to write about myself – my hidden disability. Injured at work, determined to be permanent injuries by their own doctors, they called me a liar because they could not see my injuries. They bullied me. They threatened me. They pushed me within an inch of my...
My Emergency Toolbox
MA BOÎTE À OUTILS D’URGENCE Depuis mon arrivée dans ma première Fraternité en 12 étapes, j’ai appris à remplir ma boîte à outils avec toutes les phrases, slogans, idées et « recettes émotionnelles » qui pouvaient m’aider, soit partages entendus en réunion, soit...
My Personal Slogans
MES SLOGANS PERSONNELS Au fil de mon parcours, je me suis mise à écrire, et c’est devenu pour moi un outil puissant de libération. D’abord en vers, quand j’étais seule à me débattre avec ma vie et ma mémoire traumatique, sans rien y comprendre :(…) Car on m’a déjà...
Shotgun Wedding
I study an old photograph from sixty-five years ago.My parents are cutting their wedding cake.I see Mom, three months pregnant, scared and uncertain, younger than her appearance.I see daddy-Monster, arrogant and dominant, younger than his appearance, with a predatory...
Unlearning Distorted Thinking
I was scrolling through social media dreaming about all the things I want to do because I see someone else having fun doing it.After about 30 mins, I realized I'm starting to get judgy, of myself and others…Criticism, jealousy, envy, self-pity I put down the phone to...
Distorted Thinking
Chapter 11, page 129The Loving Parent Guidebook(Part / paraphrasing) This book can help me address my distorted thinking. By naming my experience:(I realize that I am not my thoughts and my thoughts, at times, are not my reality,they are reactions and responses to...
The Call For Proposals
If your group has an idea to benefit ACA worldwide, they may submit it as a Proposal. Each Proposal could become an item on a Ballot. Voted on in March, by ACA groups globally, the results will help set the agenda of the Annual Business Conference (ABC). During the...
Breath (a poem to myself)
Breathe, breathe deeply.The past trauma is gone.Scream if necessary.Exhale the injustice, the violence, the gaslighting.Inhale the fresh air of peace.Exhale the predators – they are long gone.Inhale the fight for freedom.Exhale the past abuse.Inhale the years of...