recovery Archives - Adult Children of Alcoholics & Dysfunctional Families

Taming Terror

by Geneviève R. | Aug 15, 2024 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery

TRIGGER WARNING: this share describes violent facts and feelings. Don’t read it unless you’re ready to face them.These facts took place when I was between 17 and 21 years old.Ten years later, I dreamt about it, a nightmare so terrific that I woke up sweating and with...

Remplacements et métamorphose

by Geneviève R. | Jul 15, 2024 | ACA Beyond Borders, ComLine, Voices of Recovery

Il y a longtemps, ma mère biologique racontait une histoire-énigme : « Pierre avait un couteau. La lame a cassé, alors il a changé la lame. Le manche a cassé, alors il a changé le manche. Tout a été remplacé. Est-ce toujours le couteau de Pierre ? » J’étais...

Hands and Disconnection

by Lena L | Jul 15, 2024 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery

I was left-handed and wrote letters mirror image until my dad shamed me about that, then I turned them around, of course, to please him.Letters seemed to be the first experience where Left or Right mattered.I was given special scissors by my dadscissors...

ACA

by Kristopher S. | Jul 1, 2024 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery

I grew up as a grandchild of an ACA and later became a drunk; I don't like pain, fear, and abuse in my life. I had too much from my ACA childhood. I became overly anxious for decades and turned to physical materialism to heal, but it never got better until 2012 and...

Letter to Mom

by Christine O. | Apr 1, 2024 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery

I never suspected that your father treated you badly. He was charming, and an enthusiastic host to his grandchildren, so I only saw that side of him. He was playful, mischievous, and resourceful. He made his own soap and vinegar, grew vegetables, bought delicious...