Adult Children of Alcoholics and Dysfunctional Families (or ACOA) is a Twelve Step, Twelve Tradition program of women and men who grew up in alcoholic or otherwise dysfunctional homes. We meet with each other in a mutually respectful, safe environment and acknowledge our common experiences. We discover how childhood affected us in the past and influences us in the present. We take positive action. By practicing the Twelve Steps, focusing on the solution, and accepting a loving Higher Power of our understanding, we find freedom from the past and a way to improve our lives today. The only requirement for membership is a desire to recover from the effects of growing up in an alcoholic or otherwise dysfunctional family.
Come share experience, strength, and hope in our 24/7 international 12 Step forum open to all adult children of alcoholic or dysfunctional families. We have daily readings, gratitude list, personal shares, and more! We look forward to meeting you!!
I put my hand in yours and together we can do what we could never do alone. No longer is there a sense of hopelessness. No longer must we depend upon our own unsteady will power. All that is needed now is a safe place where we can finally shed our defenses, our denial, and admit to ourselves and to others how angry, hurt, and wounded we have always felt. Admit it, experience it, and release it. We are all together now, reaching out our hands for power and strength greater than our own. As we join hands, we find love and understanding beyond our wildest dreams.
Amen.
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