Loving Parent Archives - Adult Children of Alcoholics & Dysfunctional Families

Powerlessness Through a Lens of Recovery

by Allison H. | May 15, 2024 | ACA And The Arts, ComLine

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...

Joy in the Brushstrokes

by Olivia M. | May 15, 2024 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery

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...

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...