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The Call For Proposals

by WSO Ballot Prep Committee | Aug 1, 2022 | ComLine, Fellowship News

If your group has an idea to benefit ACA worldwide, they may submit it as a Proposal. Each Proposal could become an item on a Ballot. Voted on in March, by ACA groups globally, the results will help set the agenda of the Annual Business Conference (ABC). During the...

Breath (a poem to myself)

by Tom M. | Aug 1, 2022 | ACA And The Arts, ComLine

Breathe, breathe deeply.The past trauma is gone.Scream if necessary.Exhale the injustice, the violence, the gaslighting.Inhale the fresh air of peace.Exhale the predators – they are long gone.Inhale the fight for freedom.Exhale the past abuse.Inhale the years of...

Two Poems

by CG | Jul 15, 2022 | ACA And The Arts, ComLine

#1 - RetroVision - With years now grown in numberMy thoughts are prone to wanderAmong all the harder momentsWhere my life has come to restTo view them with a softer sightTo weigh them with a wider mindTo wrap them in a warmer heartAnd finally to forgive myselfFor...

Guided Meditation

by Justine F. | Jul 15, 2022 | ACA And The Arts, ComLine

I’m on a path, with a stream on the right and woods on my left, listening to birdsong as I walk in tree-dappled sunlight. Here is a turtle on a log in the water, there is a butterfly among the flowers on the bank. I am at peace. My serenity increases with each...

You Know You’re Dysfunctional When:

by Pamela M. | Jul 15, 2022 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery

Switching from green tea to hemlock seems like a healthier choice.You start choosing up sides only there’s no baseball diamond.Screaming, jeering people across from you aren’t waving pennants in soccer stadiums.Getting even no longer refers to balancing your...

Fifty Ways To Leave The (Dysfunctional) Game

by Pamela M. | Jul 15, 2022 | ACA And The Arts, ComLine

(To the tune: “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover”) When the crisis is impeding, I know my sponsor said,The answer is easy when logic isn’t dead.The White Knight’s walking forward and the Red Queen’s got her head,‘Cause there’s 50 ways to leave the game. He said he could...