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Locomotive Codépendante
by Geneviève R. | Sep 1, 2023 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery
En grandissant, les seules façons d’obtenir un fragile droit à l’existence étaient: 1) voyager à l’étranger, de préférence dans des lieux perdus ou extraordinaires ; 2) obtenir des diplômes médicaux, ou au moins scientifiques (sciences humaines et littérature étaient...![Values in Action](https://adultchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/unnamed.jpg)
Values in Action
by Kathleen S. | Aug 15, 2023 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery
Step Four: Values in action defines me! I can say, “I value honesty.” What strategies do I use to show I am committed to being honest? Faced with a choice between saying “I don’t agree,” and, for example, changing the subject or not responding to someone who I fear is...![Step Three Remembers](https://adultchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/unnamed-3.jpg)
Step Three Remembers
by Kathleen S. | Aug 1, 2023 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery
Trust is something natural, normal—a starting place of innocence. It is part of who I am. A frightened baby is a child experiencing a kind of trauma—an experience of shock or pain. It is an injury in need of healing. Reassurance is like a gentle, soothing lotion being...![Inner Critic](https://adultchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/unnamed-8.jpg)
Inner Critic
by Christine O. | Aug 1, 2023 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery
I hear her voice in my head: “God forbid a stranger should find fault with you.” Such an event would of course embarrass the whole family. I wonder how many generations have heard this — I had heard two — then repeated it when they became parents. “God forbid that a...![Sous le maquillage](https://adultchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/unnamed-4.jpg)
Sous le maquillage
by Geneviève R. | Jul 15, 2023 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery
Je croyais naïvement au dicton populaire « Donner, c’est donner. Reprendre, c’est voler ». Mais j’ai découvert récemment qu’une somme rondelette, reçue en « cadeau » il y a 15 ans, était en réalité munie d’un « élastique de rappel ». Sous le maquillage, la belle...Submission Policy
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