Adult Children of Alcoholics & Dysfunctional Families
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Healing Generationally Through ACA
My childhood home in small-town North Dakota was defined by violence, drunkenness, and severe emotional isolation. The first event I remember occurred when I was five. I tried to protect my mother from my father, and he pushed me away hard. Something in me snapped; I vowed never…
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From Fear to Forgiveness: A Journey Home Through ACA
My dad was an alcoholic and a chaotically explosive Army man who had served two tours in Vietnam. Sitting at dinner, you never knew when he might erupt. One night, when I was 12, I was talking about my sixth-grade teacher, whom I loved. My dad started making fun of her name. I…
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The Growing Prayer
God, Help me to let go of the pain of yesterday, so the child within me may be free. Help me take ownership of my healing today, so I may grow into the adult I was meant to be. Help guide me in my steps, so that the cycle may end with me. Omnam.
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I love you kid
I can’t possibly make up for what you lost. Moments, opportunities, and time. Just gone. Protecting you with fear. That I played on repeat. I kept you locked away, so desperately you looked for another to love you. When I couldn’t. It took me so long to see you. To see things…
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Being Afraid of Fear
I am afraid of taking off the armour I have so carefully crafted over the years. I am afraid of not numbing my mind, of not creating dense layers of fog that keep me from seeing through the eyes of the soul. I am afraid of facing the abyss that might appear before me if I open…
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Incarcerated and Grateful for an ACA Sponsor
My name is Sal and I’m an ACA. I was introduced to ACA while attending a drug and alcohol counseling vocation. The introduction came through a book, Adult Children of Alcoholics by Janet Geringer Woitits. I thought this book was very interesting and relatable. I could identify…
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Outreach Success
We had a new couple attend our ACA meeting yesterday, and something happened that absolutely made my day. The woman pulled out one of our ACA business cards and said, “I picked this up at the library.” When I dropped ACA books off at the library, I had also left business cards…
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A Life Beyond My Wildest Dreams
I found ACA when I hit rock bottom. I’d pushed away all the people I loved the most. I could not believe how I had screwed up my life again. Zero self esteem. Dad died on Good Friday. I lost my job. The IRS emptied my bank account as they were looking for the weasel of that…
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Giving It Back
While working the Steps with my sponsor, I began thinking about what it would mean to forgive my father, the alcoholic in my family. I knew that when the time came to address this part of my recovery, I wanted to do something significant—something I would remember, something…