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Steps Seven, Eight, Nine
by Kathleen S. | Feb 15, 2022 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery
STEPS SEVEN, EIGHT, AND NINE Hi, I’m an ACA old timer. I’ve been a sober member of AA since 1975, but I was always a primary ACA. I learned Inner Child reparenting tools and explored using them with the Steps in 1984 to find and replace my “hook” to smoking...![Keep Coming Back](https://adultchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/image1-1080x675.jpg)
Keep Coming Back
by Alison S. | Feb 15, 2022 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery
These three little words have formed the foundation of my recovery. Like my North Star, they point the way when I feel lost at sea. In typical adult-child fashion, my recovery has been full of high highs and low lows. Especially at the beginning, I found myself...![Numb No More](https://adultchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/girl-2940655_640-1.jpg)
Numb No More
by Anastasia S., Moscow | Jan 31, 2022 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery
When I entered recovery over two years ago, the left side of my body felt numb. There was nothing medically wrong with me. I was dissociated from my body. Slowly, I began to recapture feeling by doing dance. Recently, I went to a dance class and found the room...![I Believed My Little Girl](https://adultchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/image1.png)
I Believed My Little Girl
by Jane F. | Jan 24, 2022 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery
“Janie, oh how I dreaded that name! It made me sound like such a little kid when I was the only one that’s good for anything; daddy said so. They didn’t even have a real God. “Not like mine!”My little girl butts in, “You’re not writing this right”. “Quit trying and...![I Matter, I’m Whole, And I Am Never Alone](https://adultchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/image1-2-1080x675.jpg)
I Matter, I’m Whole, And I Am Never Alone
by Mary H. | Jan 24, 2022 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery
Living in the “if onlys” and “someday whens” I was always looking for something, someone, or someplace that would give me peace.Just as my alcoholic father and enabling mother, I was on a deadly continuum. I have primary addictive reactions that get me high or low,...Submission Policy
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