Follow as I walk through recovery.
Sept 3, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.” BRB p. 235 Amends can be scary. It’s hard having to admit we are wrong or that we did something to harm another. We learn that our first amends…
Sept 2, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader Trait Ten “We have ‘stuffed’ our feelings from our traumatic childhoods and have lost the ability to feel or express our feelings because it hurts so much (Denial).” BRB p. 17 If we came to ACA from another program and were familiar with Step work, we may…
Sept 1, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “We must find a way to surrender and to become teachable.” BRB p. 156 At each meeting we see ourselves in the ACA Problems as it is read aloud. We identify with the Traits and know the pain they have wrought. We hear the Solution and want…
August 31, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “More and more people are identifying as grandchildren of alcoholics. Technically, these ‘GACAs’ are ACAs. They were raised by parents who passed on the disease of family dysfunction without having alcohol in the home.” BRB p. 56, footnote “Some of us have wandered through life wondering why…