Feeling Stuck? Your Childhood Might Hold the Answer
How to know if ACA is right for you? What Is ACA? If you've found your way to Adult Children of Alcoholics and Dysfunctional Families (ACA), you might already be wondering if this is the place for you. Many of us arrived with similar questions, unsure whether ACA...
It’s Never Too Late: Starting the ACASteps in Midlife
Facing the Door (and My Doubts) I was 56 years old when I walked into my first ACA meeting. I still remember sitting in my car outside the church basement, feeling both embarrassed and oddly relieved. I’d spent years telling myself that I didn’t need this kind of...
14 Signs Your Childhood Might Be Affecting Your Life Today
At some point, many people start to notice patterns in their lives that don’t quite make sense. You might react strongly to conflict, feel responsible for other people’s emotions, or struggle to fully relax – even when things are going well. You may have worked hard...
ComLine Blog Restart – January 2026!
The ACA ComLine Blog will begin publishing again in the early part of January, with member submissions reopening as part of a relaunch. While the newly designed blog has remained visible, publishing and submissions have been paused as we put clear workflow processes...
My Shadow
The shadow, Shows another side Conceals the real me Easier for me to hide That part of myself Others couldn’t seeProjected a different persona Someone I didn’t want to be.People I would meet Desired Outcomes I got,An Inauthentic...
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....
A Healing Prayer
May we surrender all the people and things we are unable to change, right here right now.May we open our minds to Our Loving Higher Power to receive Its help and the clarity we need to see all the dysfunctional patterns we have introjected.May we voice the truth in...
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...
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...
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...