Some of us in ACA found God’s will to be the way we lived our lives when we were in conscious contact with our Higher Power. Daily prayer and meditation connect us with the god of our understanding, and how we want to live today. WSO would like to know the name of the station or entity they are sent to, the contact person’s full name, the address including street, city, state, country, and zip if applicable. The ACA Twelve Traditions provide guidelines for group conduct just as the ACA Steps provide guidelines for individual recovery. Our experience shows that these ACA members internalized the same abandonment and shame as children brought up in alcoholism or other addictions.

Loving Parent Guidebook - Adult Children of Alcoholics Loving Parent Guidebook - Adult Children of Alcoholics

Prayer and meditation were given their own separate step, after our thorough housecleaning in Steps Four through Nine … We need to take time, regularly, for spiritual reflection. Moving away from codependent behavior and toward healthy relationships is one of the results of working the ACA program. This continues to affect the adult in problematic ways that our fellowship understands and addresses.The book provides guidance on creating the conditions to reclaim your inner child and reparent yourself with gentleness, humor, love, and respect. This connectedness in relationships is characterized by expressed feelings, trust, mutual respect, and an acknowledgment that a Higher Power is real. In this time of uncertainty, reparenting can help us be in the solution of becoming our own loving parent.

Strengthening My Recovery, ACA WEB0120 - ACA Morning

Most Fellow World Travelers meetings are audio only, please do not use the video function, unless it is written at the meeting information. These two audio Public Service Announcements are ready for distribution to radio stations, via the internet and anywhere audio mp3 files can be played for the public.This group does the 7th tradition by having members make a donation into the Intergroup’s bank account. Wjoe H, WSO Announcements, WSO Ballot Prep Committee, WSO Finance Committee, WSO Literature Committee, WSO Volunteer Resource Committee, Yvonne de H, Yvonne W. Without working our program, we can easily take the patterns and roles we learned at home and apply them in the workplace. We are asked to let go of our struggle to control, and to turn to God, as we understand God, for our direction. The question that remains for us is - ‘Am I willing to pray only for knowledge of God’s will for me, during those times when I want my will so much?

Waking Up To ACA Daily Meditation - Adult Children of

I’m grateful for the day I realized I could scroll through the ACA Daily Meditations in the early morning, and continue scrolling to my heart’s content through the electronic version of the ACA Big Red Book, if I need more. With 365 daily shares, each paired with a meaningful quotation from the ACA Fellowship Text, this meditation book will inspire its readers. When using Zoom it’s best to quit all other programs, especially Skype, Whatsapp, Viber, Facetime or other applications that use the internet, microphone and video. Many of us were looking for ways to change the people in our lives, and we wanted to change them now. I really believe that this Guidebook will fundamentally alter how recovery in ACA is understood, and how it happens.If you truly want to disclose your feelings so that you and others can learn more about you, use an “I” statement! People around the world are experiencing tremendous suffering, uncertainty, and disruption to their lives. The Traditions offer wisdom on being self-supporting as a fellowship and on avoiding promotion when attracting new members.