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July 21, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “Abuse from authority figures in childhood has left us on guard as adults about authority figures. We tend to place people in the category of authority figure when they may not be such a person.” BRB p.379 Fear of authority figures in our adult life can add…
July 20, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “In his ‘Next Frontier’ article Bill {W.} wrote, ‘If we examine every disturbance we have, great or small, we will find at the root of it some unhealthy dependency and its consequent unhealthy demand.’” BRB p. 628 Growing up in dysfunctional homes meant that chaos was normal.…
July 19, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “We balance our experiences as children with the knowledge that we have a unique chance through ACA to break the cycle of family dysfunction.” BRB p. 95 “Many of our family members seemed to live one reactive moment to the next. There was little, if any, thought…
July 18, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “Clinical research strongly suggests that childhood trauma or neglect are stored in the tissue of the children. The emotional or physical trauma does not go away without an effort to address the original cause.” BRB p. 17 “It’s in your bones” they might have said. “There’s something…