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There Is A Light That Never Goes Out

by Ela M. | Jun 1, 2023 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery

I have traveled a lot, worked, and lived in different countries, but my survival traits (problems) were following me everywhere, waiting for the opportunity to show up and make my life unbearable. I was obsessed with perfection, I had problems with authority...

Things I Have Learned In Childhood And Adulthood

by Tom M. | Jun 1, 2023 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery

Things I Learned as a Child and Young Adult (from my parents, schools, and church): No one at home has the right to be angry – except daddy-Monster. All authority figures are monsters and must be feared. They are always right and I am always wrong. God loves me and...

True Teacher

by Tom M. | May 15, 2023 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery

(A short letter/poem to the one teacher who made a difference for me, who revealed my competence to me.)Dear seventh-grade math teacher, you had no idea – the family violence endured by one of your students. I was a C/D student before your...

Green Florals and Brown Spots

by Linda G. | May 15, 2023 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery

I remember a green floral sofa and a blurry brown spotted carpet.I confuse them as being together at the same time and place, but it's not the case; pictures tell me so.One was in our first home and apartment. The other was in our one and only house. Yet they are...

Woulda Coulda Shoulda

by Tamara P. | May 1, 2023 | Voices of Recovery

Use your brain, that's why God gave it to you.How many times do I have to repeat myself?Who do you think you are?What did I tell you to do?Why aren't you doing that yet?What's between your ears? Air?You don't ever listen!Here we go again!Do as I say, not as I do.What...

Letting Go

by Jon F. | May 1, 2023 | Voices of Recovery

As an ACA, letting go of anything always felt like jumping from an airplane without a parachute. I held on for dear life and didn't let go of anything. It’s how I ran my business, it’s how I was in charge of my family, and it’s how I held on to my traumatizing...

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Things I Have Learned In Childhood And Adulthood

True Teacher

Green Florals and Brown Spots

Woulda Coulda Shoulda

Letting Go

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