Dear Adult Children,
The ACA ComLine newsletter is where adult children from around the world share their stories of experience, strength, and hope.
In the July 2018 ComLine you can read about
- Insights on translations and the language of our inner children
- Members’ experiences in Toronto at the 2018 ABC
- Poetry and a theater piece
The ComLine is published quarterly with an emphasis on the Steps and Traditions. The next ComLine will be published July 1, 2018, so please send your articles, stories, drawings, poems, photos to litstaff@adultchildren.org by May 31. Be sure to include a signed release form: ComLine_Copyright_Release_.pdf.
January Q1 Edition: Steps 1, 2, 3 and Traditions 1, 2, 3. Target due date for submissions is November 30.
April Q2 Edition: Steps 4, 5, 6 and Traditions 4, 5, 6. Target due date for submissions is February 28.
July Q3 Edition: Steps 7, 8, 9 and Traditions 7, 8, 9. Target due date for submissions is May 31.
October Edition: Steps 10, 11, 12 and Traditions 10, 11, 12. Target due date for submissions is August 31.
We also extend a special invitation to all adult children: share your recovery experience in the language of your childhood. Selected shares will be published as written–not translated into English. All shares will be considered. The deadline for all ComLine submissions is 30 days prior to the month the edition is to be published.
Sincerely,
ComLine Editor, Trusted Servant of the Literature Committee
From a space of love, I give service in ACA so that every Adult Child seeking recovery may find a safe place.
Below are issues of the ComLine which you can download for free.
2018 ComLines
- Read about workshops, and our activities in Poland, Russia, and Spain.
- Make plans for attending the 2018 ACA World Convention in Toronto!
- Find out how others have found empowerment, clarity, and peace, and more!
- Preparing for the 2018 ACA World Convention in Toronto, including important Delegates information
- Becoming Your Own Loving Parent
- Finding a Life Beyond Hurting
- Inner Child Rules the World
2017 ComLines
Controlling and Being Controlled
Whose Hands?
Third Annual ACA European Meeting in Moscow!
Tenth Anniversary Commemorative BRB
ABC 2017 Special Delegate Report
Roberts Rules of Order and ACA
Service Structure – Serving International Scope
Delegate’s Corner
Floor Motions
Ballot Issue Results
ABC & AWC Set Record Attendance
Business Conference Agenda Items
2016 ABC Ballot Proposals
2017 Conference and Convention
2018 ABC/AWC planning
2017 ABC and 2nd Annual ACA World Convention (AWC) activities
Applying Tradition Four in My Home Group
Digging Deeper Into My Fourth Step
“… and to another human being …”
Breaking the Chain with steps four, five, and six
“Secret Service” From a Space of Love
World-Class Loving Inner Parent
If You Know How to Live, You Know How to Die
The CARE Corner
European Committee Update
Joyful meditation
Releasing dysfunctional behaviors
Finding healing after loss
Living beyond mere survival
and more!
2016 ComLines
The Birth of the BRB
Mingus Mountain Retreat for People in Recovery
Updates on the 2016 ABC and the Inaugural ACA World Convention
The Laundry Lists Workbook
Inaugural ACA World Convention (AWC)
Business Conference Agenda Items
2016 ABC Ballot Items
2017 Conference and Convention
2018 ABC/AWC planning
and more!
April 2016 ComLine
Working The Fourth Step
Getting in touch with our feelings
See Steps Four, Five, and Six around the world
The WSO board and support staff
Audio ACA Speaker Downloads
Different types of sponsorship
Shares, Affirmations, and The Gifts of Forgiveness
Generational – NOT Intentional!
Why write for the ComLine?
Meeting in Moscow
and more!
Inaugural ACA World Convention (AWC)
Business Conference Agenda Items
2016 ABC Ballot Items
2017 Conference and Convention
2018 ABC/AWC planning
and more!
2015 ComLines
October 2015 ComLine
The Birth of ACA
Beginning a Speakers Bureau
The Languages of our Childhood
Seventh Tradition Contributions
Best Practices
The Inside Scoop on Intergroups
Find a Meeting in Your Part of the World
I Had a PhD in ACA
Rapping with My Inner Child
Special Edition 2015 ABC ComLine
Highlights of the 2015 Annual Business Conference
Links to the ABC Agenda Items
Ballot Items for the 2015 ABC Agenda
Preview of the 2016 ABC and inaugural ACA World Convention (AWC)
April 2015 ComLine
The ComLine is Back!
We Have A New Web Site!
How We Got the Big Red Book
ABC In Austin
and more…
2012 ComLines
Retreating to a Place of Recovery
The Outreach Committee Responds…
“Living and Learning” — P.R.
and more…
2011 ComLines
An Important Message to the Fellowship
The Outreach Committee Responds…
“Taking My Program to Life”
“Finding Home”
and more…
Lessons From The Road, a share from the editor
The Outreach Committee Responds…
A “Hospitals and Institutions” Invitation
Guidance of the Higher Power, a share from Toyoko
and more…
Annual Business Conference Report
Attending to the Business of our Fellowship
Annual Report to the Delegates and Visitors
Minutes of the 2011 ABC
and more…
Gratitude, a Universal Language
Making ACA History: ACA WSO Translations
Spanish Workbook Revision Committee Report
and more…
February ComLine – Identification, Before and After
Identification, Before and After
Out of the Playpen
My Parents were not Monsters, just Alcoholics
and more…
January ComLine – ACA Meditation Book Development
Welcoming a New Year of ACA Recovery
The Outreach Committee Responds…
Sample Meditations from the Fellowship.
and more…
January through December 2010 ComLines
December ComLine – Tradition Twelve
Tradition Twelve – Anonymity is the spiritual foundation …
Courage to Trust – Eileen W.
Hope Precedes Action – Leo D.
and more…
November ComLine – Tradition Eleven
Tradition Eleven – Our public relations policy …
Gratitude for a Higher Will – Eileen W.
Gratitude for the ACA Promises – Leo D.
and more…
October ComLine – Tradition Ten
ACA and Outside Issues – excerpt from the ACA Fellowship Text
Finding Hope and Healing in ACA – Angela J.
Tradition Ten: Avoiding Controversy and Emotional Intoxication – Omer G.
and more…
September ComLine – Tradition Nine
Tradition Nine of ACA – Omer G.
Service Across the Sea – Memories of Denmark – George S.
How to Start an ACA Intergroup or Regional Service Committee
and more…
August ComLine – Tradition Eight
Special Workers of the ACA Fellowship – DiAnne A.
Seeing Growth Through Service – Gloria D.
Tradition Eight in My Life – Leo D.
and more…
July ComLine – Tradition Seven
Financial Wisdom from the ACA Fellowship Text
Knowing Where My Dollar Goes – Rachele V.
Discovering Financial Sobriety – Leo D.
and more…
Realizing Boundaries Through Tradition Six – Leo D.
News from the Fellowship
Hospitals and Institutions Meetings– an Introduction
and more…
Special Edition – Annual Business Conference
Annual Report to the Fellowship
Agenda Highlights
Summary Minutes
and more…
May ComLine – Tradition Five
Contacting your ACA WSO
Carrying and Delivering the ACA Message – Leo D.
Every Group Carries a Message – Omer G.
and more…
April ComLine – Tradition Four
“A Key Word in Tradition Four” – Omer G.
“Annual Business Conference Update
“Registering your ACA Meeting with WSO
and more…
March ComLine – Tradition Three
“The Effects of Family Alcoholism” – Natalia K.
“A Desire to Recover” – Anita R.
“Giving My Self a Chance” – Leo D.
and more…
February ComLine – Tradition Two
Communicating with ACA WSO
“Finding a Loving God”- Gayle W.
An Invitation to Serve- Josie E.
and more…
January ComLine – Tradition One
Communicating with ACA WSO
“Redefining Unity” – Shelley M.
More Tradition One Insight
and more…
These issues are provided here in PDF format. If unable to open your downloaded copy, click here to download the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.
The WSO encourages ACA members to submit articles to the WSO for possible publication in a future ComLine. If you have an interesting story of recovery, you can submit your story to litstaff@adultchildren.org. Be sure to include a signed release form: ComLine_Copyright_Release_.pdf.
