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Waking Up To ACA Daily Meditation

by Rae M. | Apr 1, 2022 | ComLine, Newcomer Resources

I often wake up anxious. My eyes pop open and my heart rate increases. Not because I'm in immediate danger or late for work. But because after growing up in an alcoholic home, my fragile nervous system is set to "High Alert". My survival instinct is programmed for any...

Measure Of Loss

by Katrina W. | Apr 1, 2022 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery

Step Five: We admitted to our Higher Power, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our childhood abandonment. They say the difference between what you got and what you could have received is the measure of loss. Here’s what could have been: My...

Literature Is Truly A Worldwide Affair

by Literature Committee | Apr 1, 2022 | ComLine, Fellowship News

In 2020, WSO established an International Literature Scholarship Fund, which currently has over $8,000 contributed. The purpose of the fund is to help countries around the world obtain literature. One example is South Africa, which was unable to purchase literature...

Survey Results Support Book Price Increases

by WSO Finance Committee | Apr 1, 2022 | ComLine, Fellowship News

A poll of ACA members that was placed in the March 1 issue of The Traveler asked these questions: WSO is considering an increase for ACA book prices due to substantial increases in printing and distribution costs. Have you heard about this? Would you rather see...

Waiting In Darkness: Discovering The True Self

by Celeste S. | Apr 1, 2022 | ACA And The Arts, ComLine

She is impatient. She is alone. She has been counting the minutes, the hours, the decades for him to return. He never comes. No one ever comes. Yes, people have passed by and dropped in for a spell. They have idle chatter and intertwine their lives. There is...

This is for all who have been through a lot in life and survived

by Debra L. | Apr 1, 2022 | ACA And The Arts, ComLine

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