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Sortir du marécage
by Geneviève R. | Feb 15, 2024 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery
On m’avait fait gober que j’étais handicapée psychique, porteuse d’une maladie mentale d’origine génétique. En vrai, l’origine de mes symptômes n’était pas dans les gènes, mais bien dans la gêne. La honte. Le marécage familial, où la tolérance à l’abus est telle qu’on...![How Are You?](https://adultchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/bus.jpg)
How Are You?
by Christine O. | Feb 1, 2024 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery
“Good!” I feel the need to summarize. “Good!” The exclamation point is to create interest without divulging anything. I do not plan to give any info. I do not plan to offer any details. This is due to an assumption that the other person is not actually interested. Or...![Gated](https://adultchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/beach.jpg)
Gated
by Tamara P. | Feb 1, 2024 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery
There is a fine line in the sandWalking a tightropeLearning to juggle one egg at a timeWalking on a frozen riverBeing aware of the delicate waterThe faded line on the beachIt sometimes can move from the waves washing ashoreI can forget where the line wasSlowly dipping...![Grief and Childhood](https://adultchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/unnamed.jpg)
Grief and Childhood
by Jon F. | Jan 15, 2024 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery
"Genuine grieving for our childhood ends our morbid fascination with the past and lets us return to the present, free to live as adults." - Big Red Book, page 83.My morbid fascination with my past perfectly describes the dissociative state I was in when I compulsively...![The Ex](https://adultchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/unnamed-2.jpg)
The Ex
by Lena L | Jan 15, 2024 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery
This writing is from the point of view of the ex-husband, with the twist of some of the descriptions coming from what I have learned in recovery. It describes some of the thinking processes involved in this dysfunctional marriage and family. Handed down from...Submission Policy
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