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Racial Trauma Inventory

Racial Trauma Inventory

by | May 1, 2024 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery

Coming into ACA meeting Zoom land, I was initially reticent at putting on my camera in a mostly white environment, ashamed of my face. On a few occasions, when I have switched on my camera mid-share, others have been abruptly turned off. Having said that, I have...
I Will Not

I Will Not

by | May 1, 2024 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery

I will not self-abandon.I will not lend my worth.I will not dance for you, but for me.I know peace is the answer. I will not succumb to oppression. I will not bow down to the white male. I will not forget my purpose on Earth. I will not be defined...
This is a first telling of my story.

This is a first telling of my story.

by | May 1, 2024 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery

This is a first telling of my story. Nine images and two poems. When combined sequentially they illustrate the "big picture" while each individual file offers a specific slice of life. My voice was stolen from me as a child and at 50 I am finally learning how to...
Palace of Mirrors

Palace of Mirrors

by | May 1, 2024 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery

This song represents a time of darkness just before the dawn of my ACA recovery journey. Its meaning and feel have changed and grown from when I first wrote and recorded it. Over the nearly four years of my time in ACA, I have come back to it and listened with greater...
ACA Works on Internalized Racism

ACA Works on Internalized Racism

by | May 1, 2024 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery

I’m a Filipina-American, with nine years in ACA. I did not grow up with alcoholism, drug addiction, or mental illness. I did grow up with immigrant trauma, intergenerational colonialist trauma, internalized racism, and a resulting set of stressed out hard-working...
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