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Promise 2. SMR, 15th Feb...
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Promise 2: Our self esteem will increase as we give ourselves approval on a daily basis. It is a small miracle, for me, to write out this quote. In times past this phrase would have just gone on one ear- and out the other. Forgotten forever. Inn the BRB there is an exercise on page 444- which is mirror wor...
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Is abuse common for ACOAs?
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My brother molested me when I was 11 years old which had severe consequences for me later in life. Is abuse common for us? What is wrong with people?
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Step one
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I need a reminder that my life has become un manageable.today is rough.Got up feeling exhausted got up ate a green smoothie.Went back to bed just rested.the mind doing what it'll do.Watch my mom and family do the do do do thing.dont have to be like my family.Sister came over and for the first time stayed...
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Step One.
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Step One. Admitted that I was powerless and that my life had become unmanageable. There are different versions and variants for the steps. Especially for adult children. I might argue that my life was always unmanageable. And in Step Two my higher power cannot restore me to sanity- because there...
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Newcomers
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Hello, My name is Hannah from Australia. I am a member of AA and I am interested in ACA. My sister is very interested in joining ACA. I am going to pass this site to her today. She wants to find a female sponsor to take her through the steps. If anyone has availability and/or suggestions this would be great...
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First Baby Steps!
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Hi! Have just joined and finding it all rather overwhelming! Is there an 'ACA 12 Steps for Dummies' post I can read please?!
I've just read the sticky post about the steps, what they are. I've read about the laundry list, about the promises, and the reparenting steps.
I've read a few posts with peop...
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We can get daily readings of SMR, now, from ACA D-F WSO.
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link...https://adultchildren.org/meditation-sign-up/In
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Gratitude List - December 23
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What is one thing you are grateful for today? In Recovery, Princess K.
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My Saturday Share... ...reading 14 Dec SMR
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Hi y'all... ... had a bit of a down last week- over finances- but got it sorted yesterday. Today's reading in the ACA reader was about "Victim". And oh yes I had the victim mentality- through and through. The reading talk about a blanket of thorns we draw around ourselves. The reading made m...
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Intense, Intolerable, Loneliness
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I find I feel this a lot. It is so painful. Like I could die from it. Do any of you have it?
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Just wanted to stop in and say "HI" to our newbies
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Dear Fellow travelers... I hope you are enjoying the great readings and posts we are sharing with you. Help is HERE!! We CAN change for the better..We CAN go from survivor to Thriver...WE CAN!!! I came from the most wicked kind of abuse by a PARENT!!! One who was supposed to love/cherish/nurture/pro...
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Detaching with love?
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Greetings fellow travelers! Im struggling with guilt over my alcoholic mom. She recently moved closer to me (one complex over). She is 68 and due to decades of drinking, shes pretty frail. She has trouble seeing and she broke her hip in her 40s, so her mobility is pretty lousy. I told her that I would not...
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Exciting Things Happening At ACA Miracles In Progress!
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Greetings newcomers, old timers, and everyone else!  Exciting things are happening on our forum! We have two new Moderators, myself and mamalioness. Daily readings are posted, and lots of great discussions are happening! If you are not a member, please join us! You'll see our personal sh...
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Ch-ch-ch changes
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...time to spread out a little... Hopefully, over time we will get new members. All around the MIP 12 step boards people just pitch in- and keep things going. One day at a time, one moment at a time. For me- being in the present moment is an antidote to C-PTSD. I do lose it a bit when I get tired... ...and t...
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MIP Business Board
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The MIP Business board has been set up at https://mipbusiness.activeboard.com MIP Business is a place where members of all the fellowships in Miracles in Progress can be informed and have a say in changes that affect the MIP website pages. This is a place to communicate, discuss, and, when neces...
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Dreams and goals
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When our myths, dreams, and ideals are shattered, our world topples.
Kathleen Casey Thiesen
The act of "becoming" topples our world, and rightly so. We outgrow yesterday's ideals, and we have begun realizing, in our unfolding, the dreams of last year. Now new dreams call us. Recovery has topp...
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Getting through hard times
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Getting Through Hard Times
We are sturdy beings. But in many ways, we are fragile. We can accept change and loss, but this comes at our own pace and in our own way. And only God and we can determine the timing.
Codependent No More
Hard times, stressful times, are not all there is to life, but they are...
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What to say?...
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Hi, all. I'm really not sure where to start. My start in life was not the easiest but certainly not the hardest. But I also feel like I've come a long way. I'm still learning (aren't we all) and I certainly don't have it all together. I guess a big part of what I'm learning is that it's okay to not have it...
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Changes around the MIP recovery boards...
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Hi y'all... There are changes happening around out combined board- Alanon, ACA, AA, NA and CODA. Many of them cosmetic. But privacy and security issues as well. Come Monday we will have two new MIP admins. As of today we have two more mods, here on the ACA board. Hmmm... I think and now say... I think ACA...
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Phew...!!!
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Spent a fair bit of time this week doing service work. It is certainly different here- no walls, no doors; everyone sharing from home, or a library etc. it is Saturday morning here now- a fine spring day coming up... ah use music a lot- to reduce my anxiety... it is not 'a quick fix' like meds... but alon...
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looking for a sponsor
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Hi guys! I am looking for someone (English native speaker) to go through the ACA 12 steps programme with - he could accompany me as a sponsor. I would like to have contact with him by phone/skype/face to face. Let me know if someone is available.
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Good news- bad news about ACA...
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The bad news- it that is does seem to take time- especially for people of a certain age... ... ...but for me it is working okay... ...anyone can join our main meeting board. I have been on both sides- wanting desperately to belong to something [lots of things!] and on the other hand- seeing people com...
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If you are numbing...?
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If you are numbing- then don't worry too much... when I started sharing here- I could barely follow any of the other posts. Not even my own really... ... looking back I realise that ah were trying to say something... and I kept on saying and saying... ah reckon that is does work if we work at it... slowl...
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Storing, or storying...?
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Hi y'all... ah used to suffer from the paralysis of analysis. I described this most- in a poem- where ah said- "I have hands afraid to touch, and a mind that knows too much." I was locked up between the 'what-ifs' and the 'if onlys'... ...this is described by various pe...
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Downloads from the resent Canada Conference...
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https://shop.adultchildren.org/collections/awc-2018
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...our ACA primer...
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https://www.amazon.com/Laundry-List-ACoA-Expereince-ebook/dp/B00LA...
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My Sunday share- a treat for me...
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Laundry List No. 7. My inner kid is as uch a girl, as it is a boy...!
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Yellow Workbook... hoarding and minimalism...
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...hmmm this is going to be a ramble... ... long ago I resolved to take out the stressors, one by one. People- family... but also my body- -used to say from my ears to my toes- and everything in between. My body was wracked with pain- with my poor old head being the epicentre of this. Migraine, sinus, gl...
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Early ACA pioneer talks about the adult child dilemma...
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early AcA was about children from the families of alcoholics- and addicts... Today we welcome people from any kind of dysfunctional families. I always say that the only qualifier we need at a meeting is ourselves! ... Jan Woititz was an early pioneer in the field- and produced one of the first manu...
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...weekend- and reaching a balance with SO...
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Hi y'all, this weekend is a big family wedding... on my So's side of the family... a favourite nephew... it will be a delightful occasion. It is being held 5 hours away by road. On the Sunday morning I have made plans to do some time to have coffee time with a recovery friend... my SO usual hates this...
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