racial trauma Archives - Adult Children of Alcoholics & Dysfunctional Families

Acknowledging Racial Trauma

by Alaska Y. | May 6, 2024 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery

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FILLING THE HOLE

by Oroki R. | May 1, 2024 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery

It was 2004. I was incarcerated in Wisconsin’s Dane County Jail. I had forged checks on the account of my seventy-year-old friend, Miss Milele Chikasa Anana, one of the most prominent, renowned, highly respected members of the African American community, Madison,...

We Will Let Our Light Shine Wherever We Are

by Renita E. | May 1, 2024 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery

As I sit here again, being the only person of color in the room, I tell myself WE are allowed here. WE are going to let our light shine wherever WE are. My critical parent showed up to tell us our lines aren't straight. And WE say... of course they aren't; we are...

Mother Earth

by Minuete C. | May 1, 2024 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery

I love listening to her heart beat,"Beat, beat""Beat", "beat"In my mother's wombFirst split,Second split,Ingesting her painFourth split,Eighth split A world full of possibilitiesI was chosen for herShe for ISixteenth split, thirty second split In my mother's womb, I...

Racial Trauma Inventory

by Martin A. | May 1, 2024 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery

Coming into ACA meeting Zoom land, I was initially reticent at putting on my camera in a mostly white environment, ashamed of my face. On a few occasions, when I have switched on my camera mid-share, others have been abruptly turned off. Having said that, I have...