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Run

Run

Shoving all my socks down deep inside the duffel. The pink one I borrowed from Sam.Throwing open my dresser, where is my sweater? It may get cold there—somewhere.Closing my bag, I look around my sunshine colored room, but all I see is darkness.Sneaking quietly out the...

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Emotional Sobriety

Emotional Sobriety

Restless, irritable and discontented,Filled with rage and pain and shame,Adult child was my nameAnd toxic shaming was my game.But ACA changed all that for me -Helped me escape the tyranny of my toxic family history; Taught me a whole new way to be…I’ve...

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My Healing Journey

My Healing Journey

MY HEALING JOURNEY (watercolor collage made during 9-month yellow book step study) Top left: God's music at my birth. (baby’s feet and musical notes)   Below musical notes: My five-year-old on a swing. Her little heart is broken. Her wounded parts are...

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Steps Seven, Eight, Nine

Steps Seven, Eight, Nine

STEPS SEVEN, EIGHT, AND NINE Hi, I’m an ACA old timer. I’ve been a sober member of AA since 1975, but I was always a primary ACA. I learned Inner Child reparenting tools and explored using them with the Steps in 1984 to find and replace my “hook” to smoking...

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