Although I never forgot that I was going to AA as a recovering alcoholic, my recovery changed over the years to encompass new learnings and
Addiction Recovery Means Accepting Our Helplessness
“We don’t want to feel helpless, so we use fear, anger, addiction, or unbridled sexuality to block out our helpless feelings. The fact is that
New Types of Addiction Recovery Communities
I believe friendship has to be the basis for all lasting relationships. I also believe that friends have to share a common bond as well
Living With Abuse May Be a Pattern Learned in Childhood
As a child growing up in a home controlled by alcoholism, I always wondered why my mother didn’t take us and leave. We lived in
Compassion For Ourselves and Others Can Grow From the Pain of Our Childhood
“Often, our misunderstandings about love are born in disruptive family relationships, where someone was either one-up or one-down to an extreme. There is an appropriate
By Accepting Emotional Pain, We Break through to Growth
“The inability to get something out of your head is a signal that shouts, “Don’t forget to deal with this!” As long as you experience
Dissociation Helped Us Cope With Childhood But Keeps Us Stuck in the Past
A lot of the recovery from childhood trauma, abuse, etc. is about learning the ways we avoided feeling the feelings. We don’t heal until we
Addiction Recovery is Defined by the Person In It
Although addiction recovery has some general aspects, each person in recovery has an individual journey. The internet has much help in helping us find our
How Are The ACA Laundry List and PTSD Symptoms Alike?
“The Laundry List” was written by Tony Allen in New York City in 1977. He helped to begin the first ACOA (which became ACA) meeting.
How to Make Your Mind Your Friend
“As you go deeper into yourself, you will naturally come to realize that there is an aspect of your being that is always there and
What is Addiction Recovery?
“There’s a peculiar thing that happens every time you get clean. You go through this sensation of rebirth. There’s something intoxicating about the process of
Learning to Pay Attention to Relapsing Signals
Recovering from addiction has been much easier for me than my depression/anxiety recovery. I call the two my double whammy. I have learned separate recovery
In Addiction Recovery, Sometimes Distancing Yourself From Troubled Ones is Necessary
In 1977, when I was 6 months sober, my Marine husband received orders for us to be deployed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. It was especially
The Adult Children of Alcoholics (Addicts) ACA
ACA is the 12 step program that helped me the most with emotional growth. I doubt that it would have been as effective had I
Jane Middelton-Moz: ACA Therapist and Author
Jane Middelton-Moz is the child of an alcoholic and has devoted her life to helping other Adult Children of Alcoholics. From the Middelton-Moz Institute–Meet Jane
ACA’s and Being in the Workplace–How We are at Work
The ACA Red Book taught me many solutions to the negative feelings I have had all my life. It is for sale here. I believe
Gabor Mate: Addiction and Trauma Therapist and Author
At the heart of Dr. Gabon Mate’s life work is the following question: “The question is never “Why the addiction?” but “Why the pain?” The research
ACA (Adult Children of Alcoholics) Held the Key for My Understanding My Addiction
Alcoholics Anonymous started in 1935 and has spawned over 200 different types of twelve step meetings. One of the first to deal with feelings was
Use the Enneagram to Find Your Type and Your Fellow Co-workers Types
Overview of the Enneagram personality system The Enneagram is a powerful and dynamic personality system that describes nine distinct and fundamentally different patterns of thinking,
Judith Lewis Herman: Trauma Recovery Therapist
Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence – From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror Review of her book from Amazon: “When Trauma and Recovery was first published
