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TRADITION EIGHT

TRADITION EIGHT

August 30, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “Sponsorship and Twelfth Step work are free, but the special worker should be paid for his or her good work. All aspects of recovery in general are free.” BRB p.530 “We give service from a space of love in ACA so that every adult child seeking recovery…

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THERAPEUTIC IDEALS

THERAPEUTIC IDEALS

August 29, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “There are, as well, ways to describe the manifestation of two therapeutic ideals: no excess tension in the body and a neutral reaction to symbolic associations and mental representations of trauma.” BRB p. 622 Many of us thought there was no way out, that the process would…

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BOUNDARIES

BOUNDARIES

August 28, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “I am more aware of how I overstep my boundaries, and how I try to force things to work the way I want them to  work.” BRB p. 414 “We were vulnerable as children in dysfunctional homes. We experienced no one who was able to set healthy…

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SELF-SABOTAGE

SELF-SABOTAGE

August 27, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “I decided the only way to overcome this self-sabotage was to integrate my critical parent into my recovery process.” BRBp.207 “We tried to ignore our critical inner parent – that compilation of the voices we heard as children and were used to hearing in our heads. If…

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