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Palace of Mirrors

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

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...

Gas Plant Community

Carlos L. Gas Plant Community Carlos L.

My Story

My story begins in 1975 in an old told of Louisiana when I was three years old. I was a child of the consummation of Ralph retired US Navy, unattended military PTSD captain, and Pam vietnamese refugee Codependent mother of 5 children foreigner to US, naturalized...

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RACIAL TRAUMA SPECIAL EDITION

A special edition of the ACA ComLine Blog begins on May 1, 2024, on the single topic of adult child experiences of racial trauma and recovery from those experiences. The thirteen shares submitted by ACA members can be found by clicking on “racial trauma” under the “Tags” heading in the right sidebar. Thank you to the ACA Racial Trauma Service Group for organizing this special edition, and to the authors for their shares.

ACA Boundaries

Successfully setting and enforcing boundaries

ACA And The Arts

Music, Poetry, Drawings and Other Arts

ACA Toolbox

Experiences in using ACA recovery tools.

ACA Beyond Borders

International membership issues and experiences

Fellowship News

The ACA World Services Office and its activities

Voices of Recovery

Sharing experience, strength, and hope in ACA recovery

ACA AMENDMENTS

ACA AMENDMENTS

This article is my ACA Amendments. They are the evidence of the healing that came from learning and applying the ACA Bill of Rights. Definitions from Google:A Bill is a proposal for new laws or a change to an existing law.Amendment is a formal change to a law,...

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WHAT AM I AFRAID OF? (BOUNDARIES!)

WHAT AM I AFRAID OF? (BOUNDARIES!)

I looked up fears. Found…12 basic fears: Rejection, Abandonment, Failure, Success, Being Lied To, Being Hurt (emotionally or physically), Being Intimidated, Being Exposed, Being Humiliated, Responsibility, The Unknown, and...

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Boundaries Team Invites Shares and Writers

Boundaries Team Invites Shares and Writers

In 2020, the Delegates passed a motion to ask the Literature Committee to create resources on boundaries. A working group was set up to begin this work. The group disbanded before it completed its work, but its preliminary work was incorporated into a format for a...

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A Sufficient Alternative to The Original Twelve Steps

A Sufficient Alternative to The Original Twelve Steps

To me, the purpose of ACA recovery is to heal from the effects of trauma related to family or caregiver alcoholism/dysfunction while reparenting ourselves with love. This trauma, inflicted through abuse or neglect, can have situational and/or developmental aspects,...

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