violence 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...

COMPUTER VIRUS

by Tom M. | Mar 1, 2024 | ACA And The Arts, ComLine

daddy-Monster, I remember … I was three years old. You beat me as I was lying in bed. You blamed me for the beating. The worst part of the beating is that I believed your lie. Through countless other acts of violence, you confirmed...

Half Sober

by Tom M. | Aug 1, 2023 | ACA And The Arts, ComLine

Gregarious daddy-Monster,the life of the party,addicted to cleverness,always with an answer. Hundreds of friends.Always involved with others.A social butterfly.Admired by everyone else. He achieved physical sobriety.Most of his spare timewas spent at meetings.He made...

TO SCREAM THE UNSCREAMABLE SCREAM

by Tom M. | Feb 1, 2023 | ACA And The Arts, ComLine

Oh, for lungs to scream a scream that would fully express my grief, that would shake the earth,that would crumble the hillside in front of me. My first memory of daddy-Monster:I am three years old.I receive his fists as I lie in bed.He yells, “It’s your...

Generational Violence

by Tom M. | Jul 15, 2022 | ACA And The Arts, ComLine

Note to my fellow travelers: A significant and meaningful part of my healing journey involves confronting my abusers through my writing. Here is one such poem. Dear Great-Great Grand-Monster:I don’t know you.I never met you.I’m glad I never met you. But I’ve read some...