“The Body Keeps the Score”: Intro Hello all. I have been gone for a while but am now back. I took some time away from my blog for a couple of reasons. One, someone close to me shamed me about my postings. Because of that I felt that I had to take a look at…
“We avoid blame because we are aware of the generational nature of family dysfunction.” BRB p. 157 “So many of us come into ACA blaming our parents for what has gone wrong in our lives. We tell ourselves, “If only I’d had a ‘normal’ family I wouldn’t have so many problems; why couldn’t things have…
Nov 8, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “The pathway to emotional sobriety that endures time is through the Twelve Steps of ACA.” BRB p. 91 “The ACA program, if worked consistently and honestly, gives us a new route to emotional sobriety. We were unable to find this growing up with the dysfunctional people in…
Nov 15, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “With help from our ACA support group, we will slowly release our dysfunctional behaviors.” BRB p. 591 “Getting support to undergo the very challenging task of doing ACA work happens slowly. We might first hear of an ACA meeting and consider attending it, only to find that…