Jan 21 from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “We remember we can talk, trust, and feel instead of control, isolate, and fume. Relationships can be different in recovery.” BRB p.291 “As children we relied on our survival traits to protect us from harm. Gradually, they grew stronger and more ingrained as we encountered greater levels…
Jan 20 from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “We can pinpoint and measure our loss by comparing the treatment we received as children in dysfunctional families with the care we could have received if raised by loving, consistent parents.” BRB p. 204 “The grief exercises in Step Five ask us to journal about childhood incidents…
Jan 19 from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “Yet, our children and relationships were still mired in our dysfunction. We recreated the abandonment and loss of our own childhood.” BRB p.21 Many of us tried to raise our families differently. But without ACA or another type of intervention, we were like our parents – we…
Jan 18 from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader We ask the adult child considering ACA to look at the program as a way of life that will unfold over time, bringing rich rewards of emotional relief and self-acceptance.” BRB p. 95 We took all of the abuse we could and still thought it was our…