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My Journey Into ACA

by Lindsay P. | Jul 1, 2023 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery

My name is Lindsay, and I am a recovering member of the ACA program. I struggle a lot, sometimes every second of the day, to reconstruct my thoughts to more positive thinking with a stronger sense of self-worth as I reflect upon all of my experiences while living life...

Pomegranate Trees

by Christine O. | Jul 1, 2023 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery

The trees had been described as “deer resistant”, language that is ambiguous because it depends on how hungry the deer are. The family of three that felt comfortable in my backyard were really hungry. I had bought the pomegranate trees as memorials for my daughter,...

Mistakes

by Jon F. | Jul 1, 2023 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery

"We also have great difficulty accepting mistakes as adults." BRB p.38It seemed like every life-pursuit I undertook involved "white-knuckling". I can look back at major accomplishments and remember thinking how I had no idea what I was doing at the time. Looking back...

Childhood Prayer

by Christine O. | Jul 1, 2023 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery

It was a bold experiment in my mind, perhaps an early inquiry into the workings of reality. Prayer mingled God with Santa Claus: if I prayed hard enough, I would get a beautiful dollhouse in my room. I cleared a space for it between my bed and the door. I was six or...

Strafe My Soul

by Tom M. | Jul 1, 2023 | ACA And The Arts, ComLine

To daddy-Monster: You can resentfully blame mebecause my existence – my birth –reminds you of your new dutyresulting from my illegitimate conception. Enraged, you can throw medown a flight of stairsbefore I can walk. You can pound your fists into meas I lie...

There Is A Light That Never Goes Out

by Ela M. | Jun 1, 2023 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery

I have traveled a lot, worked, and lived in different countries, but my survival traits (problems) were following me everywhere, waiting for the opportunity to show up and make my life unbearable. I was obsessed with perfection, I had problems with authority...