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Expect new ComLine articles the 1st and 15th of each month.

Accessing Our Higher Self

We must gain balance within ourselves before we can bring balance to the world. In order to connect with our higher self, we must remove all blockages. Energy flows through our body like water flows through a creek. Our body has pools of spiraling energy known as the...

Powerlessness Through a Lens of Recovery

  I participated in a writing workshop where I was sparked to write about a word in the 12 steps in a genre of my choice. I chose the word POWERLESS in the form of an acrostic prose poem. Instead of writing about my experience with being powerless, I re-framed the...

Photo of Daddy-Monster

I see an old photograph, daddy-Monster when he was about 25, standing with two of his brothers-in-law, dressed sharply, with confidence and self-assurance. I see a dad who’s not a dad. I see an explosive volcano. I see a raging...

Joy in the Brushtrokes

Last week, someone asked me what I do for a living. I braced myself and said, “I write for a consulting firm.” I sensed their stilted reaction and backpedaled. “I’m just glad I get paid to write.” They cleared their throat. “I knew someone with a 9 to 5 once.” He knew...

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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

My Story

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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REFLECTIONS ON CROSSTALK

REFLECTIONS ON CROSSTALK

For me, this sacred element has been the single most important tenet of this program. Crosstalk absolutely hinders my recovery no matter how benign. I had my feelings, thoughts co-opted in childhood and in my closest relationships as an adult, in the name of...

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