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Remplacements et métamorphose
by Geneviève R. | Jul 15, 2024 | ACA Beyond Borders, ComLine, Voices of Recovery
Il y a longtemps, ma mère biologique racontait une histoire-énigme : « Pierre avait un couteau. La lame a cassé, alors il a changé la lame. Le manche a cassé, alors il a changé le manche. Tout a été remplacé. Est-ce toujours le couteau de Pierre ? » J’étais...![Loneliness](https://adultchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/cabin.jpg)
Loneliness
by Lena L | Jul 15, 2024 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery
I realized lately that my parents did not have friends when I was growing up.Their relationship was adversarial at best. No modeling of a loving relationship, or modeling about having friends. No wonder I have had some difficulties with those! I moved...![Hands and Disconnection](https://adultchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/piano.jpg)
Hands and Disconnection
by Lena L | Jul 15, 2024 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery
I was left-handed and wrote letters mirror image until my dad shamed me about that, then I turned them around, of course, to please him.Letters seemed to be the first experience where Left or Right mattered.I was given special scissors by my dadscissors...![My Spiritual Experience](https://adultchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/text.png)
My Spiritual Experience
by Clara T. | Jul 15, 2024 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery
Start with the courage to let go of what and whom I cannot change. I let it go and I feel It, what some of us choose to call God. When I surrender instead of “fixating” on things, places, circumstances and people I am unable to “fix”, my mind gains the necessary space...![Inventory – Dreaded Inventory](https://adultchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/pen.jpg)
Inventory – Dreaded Inventory
by Tom M. | Jul 15, 2024 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery
A searching and fearless moral inventory? With lots of fear and trepidation. I don’t like the word fearless; it’s not true. I’ll use the word courageous instead. Whose inventory? Those who harmed me? After all, they are at fault. My parents, my coworkers, the toxic...Submission Policy
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