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BUT SOMEONE HAS IT WORSE

BUT SOMEONE HAS IT WORSE

How often I have heardthat someone has it worse.With eight billion people,this statement is certainly true.Yet this truth denies my truth –that my trauma is real –that my health was endangered –that my sanity was at risk.I grew up with domestic violence.Others have...
ACA LITERATURE AND SPIRITUAL LANGUAGE

ACA LITERATURE AND SPIRITUAL LANGUAGE

We know from ballot proposals submitted to our Annual Business Conference that our fellowship wants our literature to become more loving, gentle, and inclusive. In 2021, a ballot proposal was passed to update shares to include the lived experience of our worldwide...
NOTHIN’ TO IT!

NOTHIN’ TO IT!

An oldtimer in 12-Step recovery who hosted a weekly meeting for seventeen years relates, “A fella asked me, ‘Les, when am I going to get happy in this here program?’ and I said, ‘Nothin’ to it. Just stop doin’ whatever’s making you unhappy. That’ll do the trick.’” The...
A MUCH NEEDED LOOK IN THE MIRROR

A MUCH NEEDED LOOK IN THE MIRROR

(Becoming my true good self.) For as long as I can remember, I believed that if I did good things, that would mean I was a good person. Even as a small child, I felt the urgent need to be known as good. I followed the rules, made good grades, did my chores, etc....
PRETENSE

PRETENSE

Lace curtains, bountiful philodendron, satin table cloth, pepper grinder from Germany, salad served in a crystal stand.Pretense for a tiny townhouse, linoleum floors, rattan sofa, cheap water glasses, washer and dryer in the kitchen.The framing of the shot hides the...
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