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Alien Invader
by Tom M. | Apr 1, 2023 | Voices of Recovery
Twenty-four years old: Someone treats me with contempt. Someone views me as worthless. Someone disrespects me. A bureaucrat treats me as an object – a thing to be discarded. Anger churns within. Without thinking, I retaliate. A...![Quatre postures](https://adultchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/unnamed-1-rotated.jpg)
Quatre postures
by Geneviève R. | Apr 1, 2023 | Voices of Recovery
1. CoupableIl y a longtemps, je suis sortie de mon déni matrimonial : mes rêves de maternité ne se réaliseraient jamais, je n’étais guère qu’une cocue risible, il devenait urgent d’abandonner mon bénévolat idéaliste, trouver un vrai boulot, apprendre à vivre par...![Open To Receive](https://adultchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/unnamed-1-1.jpg)
Open To Receive
by Christie P. | Apr 1, 2023 | Voices of Recovery
Early in my recovery, I thought if I could just figure out a way to remove all of the defects that I perceived in myself, I would be able to live a happier life. Accepting that I had experienced trauma in my early life was easier for me than figuring out what to “do”...STEP FIVE: “ADMITTED WHAT IS TRUE.”
by Kathleen S. | Mar 15, 2023 | Voices of Recovery
Insights are a blessing. Catching on to how I’ve done my best—however silly that may look now, looking back, preparing myself to complete Step Five—isn’t that a breeze that lifts my kite! If I am honest, really honest, my heart is filled to overflowing with—of all...![Step Five: “Admitted To A Power…”](https://adultchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/unnamed.jpg)
Step Five: “Admitted To A Power…”
by Kathleen S. | Mar 15, 2023 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery
Waiting for a sign: It is not necessary to know in advance what will become of what I do today. I show up. I remind myself that I am a person with a life—with goals, with hopes, with questions, and with needs I cannot and do not want to ignore. It is okay to be this...Submission Policy
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