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The Disconnection
by Barbara B. | May 1, 2022 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery
We are in the self check-out line, he was waiting for me to finish, his little girl- maybe 5? -by his side.She says "Daddy can we get this popcorn?" He is staring vacantly into space, looking angry- it seems well worn, the angry look, as if he puts it on every...![Letter To My Inner Parent](https://adultchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/image1-8-1080x675.jpg)
Letter To My Inner Parent
by Ashley B. | May 1, 2022 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery
(NOTE: I wrote this in response to the assignment on page 22 of the Loving Parent Guidebook) Dear LP, You have ushered in an era of dynamic equilibrium in my life, and what I mean by that is this: By teaching me the possibility of going deeper into a heart that...![Things I’ve Heard In Meetings](https://adultchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/image1-13-1080x675.jpg)
Things I’ve Heard In Meetings
by Brad H. | May 1, 2022 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery
Religion is believing in someone else’s spiritual experience; spirituality is having an experience of my own.I can’t love anyone else more than I love myself.What others think of me is none of my business.My Higher Power doesn’t love me because I’m loveable, but I AM...![Come Alongside](https://adultchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/image1-4-1080x675.jpg)
Come Alongside
by Mary H. | Apr 15, 2022 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery
I’ve told this story so many times, perplexed, always with no emotion until The Loving Parent Guidebook and the questions on page 26 and 27: What would you tell a child … ? I was in first grade sitting at the kitchen table after dinner struggling with single...![Measure Of Loss](https://adultchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/image1-13-1080x675.jpg)
Measure Of Loss
by Katrina W. | Apr 1, 2022 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery
Step Five: We admitted to our Higher Power, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our childhood abandonment. They say the difference between what you got and what you could have received is the measure of loss. Here’s what could have been: My...Submission Policy
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