March 5, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “Starting a new meeting requires determination and work, but the reward of watching others find the ACA way of life is worth it.” BRB p. 560 “As children growing up in turmoil, confusion, and despair, many of us had no anchor, no sense of belonging. We survived…
Feb 16, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “The sincere adult child working an ACA program of meeting attendance and selfless service gets results with Step Seven. This is the sure path when we struggle with a troublesome shortcoming. “BR.B p. 222 How can giving service and attending meetings produce results? In giving “self-less” service,…
Nov 26, from “Strengthening My Recovery” daily reader “Arriving at the bridge between denial and acceptance was painful. What were we to do now that the brutality of the past was revealed? What were we to do with the internal mess that we had been left with from childhood? What were we to do with…
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…