Loving Parent Archives - Adult Children of Alcoholics & Dysfunctional Families

DO I WANT MY INNER CHILDREN TO GROW UP?

by Stephen G. | Dec 1, 2023 | Voices of Recovery

Yes, I am holding them and loving them as they never received. I am doing my best to be a loving parent. As a parent to three actual people, my job was to nurture and love them as they grew; to celebrate with them their accomplishments, to see them become successful...

Green Florals and Brown Spots

by Linda G. | May 15, 2023 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery

I remember a green floral sofa and a blurry brown spotted carpet.I confuse them as being together at the same time and place, but it's not the case; pictures tell me so.One was in our first home and apartment. The other was in our one and only house. Yet they are...

Loving Parent Prayer

by Andy R. | Aug 1, 2022 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery

In a recent conversation with a fellow traveler, I realized that I had the concept of having a loving parent was stronger than my actual relationship with my loving parent.I decided to write a short "loving parent prayer" to go with my set-aside prayer to use a way to...

Guided Meditation

by Justine F. | Jul 15, 2022 | ACA And The Arts, ComLine

I’m on a path, with a stream on the right and woods on my left, listening to birdsong as I walk in tree-dappled sunlight. Here is a turtle on a log in the water, there is a butterfly among the flowers on the bank. I am at peace. My serenity increases with each...

External Loving Parent

by Hodaya B. | Jul 1, 2022 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery

I can’t relate to a loving parent inside me. I had to imagine an external loving parent as my father holding me in a “snuggly” , and supporting me, giving me empathy and love. I don’t even feel it is necessary for me to distinguish the negative voices, only my wounded...