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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](https://adultchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/unnamed-4.jpg)
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](https://adultchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/unnamed-2.jpg)
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](https://adultchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/tamara.png)
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](https://adultchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Jon.jpg)
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...Submission Policy
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