My Higher Power
My higher power is omnipotent, all powerful, understanding, glorious, kind and loving. Hi, my name is Kristin. I think my grandfather was an alcoholic. I've heard that you don't have to drink to be an alcoholic; you can be alcoholic in your actions, thoughts,...
The Sponsor Search
The sponsor search is a responsibility each adult child handles in their own comfortable way. In the “Big Red Book”, there is a whole chapter about sponsorship. These are my experiences of my sponsor search. Sponsors are members of ACA just like any other...
My Experience as an ACA Sponsor
Rigidity vs Flexibility - Being strict or rigid does not fill the bill for an adult child. All adult children have different backgrounds and experiences with dysfunctional behaviors in our lives. Look at the Laundry List. There are 14 different traits that we adult...
Placing Principles Before Personalities in Service
How the principle of Tradition Four - a meeting’s autonomy and cooperation works with the only requirement for membership being the desire to recover - Tradition Three. Never really having experienced any safe spaces growing up—not at home, not at school, not at...
Letter From Inner Loving Parent
Dear Little Michael and ACA Michael, Once again, last night, feelings of distrust and fear arose during your time with your girlfriend. What was a beautiful fun night overall ended on a dissonant note. I could feel your heart close. Not in a figurative sense - there...
A Different Kind of HALT or Taking a New Path
“This morning I feel rich with time. I have a whole day!” Just thinking that, as I journaled, made me feel like an excited kid. As a kid on a day like this, I would probably (after Saturday morning cartoons) play outside. In the desert, finding shade determined where...
Rebalance
Imagine a balance Or a see-saw With a boulder resting on one side. You are pushing down on the other To even out the beam, Pushing with your whole self, muscles Shaking. Or imagine you are trying to pull free A rope Or length of fabric trapped In the earth under a...
Traditional ACA Registered, Closed, Meetings.
This is my opinion and I base my attendance to ACA registered, closed meetings/workshops, acknowledging these guidelines. These would apply to closed face-to-face, online, and phone meetings. This is especially written for newcomers who may be looking for...
Take It
Take it all my God It's all Yours You gave it to me I give it back Block what is not good for me; dear Heavenly Father Allow what is right for me. You're my Father I'm Your Child. Not my will. Thy Will be done. AMEN
Rediscovering Art
When I was a teenager, I used to spend hours in my room writing, drawing, and painting. I created little worlds on the page, one after another: Paintings of angels with sprawling butterfly wings, long horizons glowing pink and orange in the sunset, soft human figures...