Worthy
To my fellow travelers: My name is Tom. My pen name is Healing Heart Warrior. I am an adult child of domestic violence and alcohol abuse (and other dysfunctional behaviors). I’ve been in ACA for 2½ years. I’ve been recovering in various groups and in therapy for over...
Loathing To Loving
I work at a magazine, and the first issue went to press in February 2017, five years ago. The theme of that issue was love, as it is every February. Oh, I’ve had loads to say on the topic! I’ve written about loving my husband and children, loving our lives in Lagos,...
Isolation
This is a very difficult subject for me. Isolation is where I go when something in the world overwhelms me. It’s where I go when I’m hurt. It’s where my parents put me. It’s all I know when there is pain.The most horrible thing about isolation is that there is no...
Price Changes Considered For ACA Books
Our fellowship text, Adult Children of Alcoholics, often referred to as the Big Red Book, was first published in 2006. Its price was $15 then, and it is still $15 today. WSO has never raised prices on any of its literature. The World Service Organization of ACA is...
The Blessings of ACA
I grew up in a family with lots of dysfunction,But my ACA group has provided the unction.Alcohol, gambling, cheating and more-Mental illness and abuse all came through that door!Many generations with multiple diseases.Don’t talk, feel or trust- so everyone freezes!My...
A Dream Come True
Hello, I am Sue V, a grateful Adult Child. The 2020 Annual World Convention (AWC) has been a dream come true; one global ACA fellowship all together in one space, many hearts beating together. The dream started in 2018 when I was the co-chair of the AWC and heard from...
The Sun Never Set on the ACA World Convention 2020
The ACA World Convention 2020 was a first for me. From New Delhi, India I was delighted to receive an invitation from the Global Members Sub Committee to be a speaker in two sessions. Being nervous about speaking in public, I was daunted by the proposition, to say the...
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...
Boundaries
The garden, edged with wire,a jaunty scarecrow, a bit of coyoteurine, hair shavings from a buzz cut.Don’t call me, text me.stop with the emojis, no morecute animal videos. I’m at the edge of nowhere,on edge, waiting for silence,flicker of senses, a sense of...
