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Abandonment, Abandoned
by Lena L | Jul 1, 2024 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery
I feel better having written this! Feel some joy! Some triumph over all that adversity! It is over with, and I will NEVER tolerate it again!!! Deserted, rejected, and dumped. Betrayed, shunned, and discarded. Ostracized, scorned, and...![ACA](https://adultchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/child.jpg)
ACA
by Kristopher S. | Jul 1, 2024 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery
I grew up as a grandchild of an ACA and later became a drunk; I don't like pain, fear, and abuse in my life. I had too much from my ACA childhood. I became overly anxious for decades and turned to physical materialism to heal, but it never got better until 2012 and...![The Hunter Dream](https://adultchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/squirrel.jpg)
The Hunter Dream
by Thom L. | Jul 1, 2024 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery
From where I’m standing, hidden in a thicket of Pawpaw trees, he can’t see me. He’s walking towards me; unaware he’s being watched. He’s carrying a .22-caliber rifle, and he’s scanning the trees. He’s after squirrels. It’s late October 1939, and he turned 9...![Darling Child](https://adultchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/cat.jpg)
Darling Child
by Mari V. | Jul 1, 2024 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery
Darling Child who's not a child anymore but will always be my baby,You've grown so much in your spirit that you sometimes question if you're still you. Still you, who you remember as shy, and sheltered- - though your peers have usually seen you as bold and...![Playing Baseball is Like Working the 12 Steps](https://adultchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/BASEBALL_AND_THE_12_STEPS-page-001-1080x675.jpg)
Playing Baseball is Like Working the 12 Steps
by Paul P. | Jun 15, 2024 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery
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