My Experience as an ACA Sponsor
Rigidity vs Flexibility - Being strict or rigid does not fill the bill for an adult child. All adult children have different backgrounds and experiences with dysfunctional behaviors in our lives. Look at the Laundry List. There are 14 different traits that we adult...
The Promises, For Today
I was going through one of those periods when I was feeling discouraged by my own lack of progress in my recovery journey. I also was struggling with doing affirmations. That practice seemed silly to me. I’d often think, “I don’t really believe what I’m saying. No...
Placing Principles Before Personalities in Service
How the principle of Tradition Four - a meeting’s autonomy and cooperation works with the only requirement for membership being the desire to recover - Tradition Three. Never really having experienced any safe spaces growing up—not at home, not at school, not at...
My Higher Power
My higher power is omnipotent, all powerful, understanding, glorious, kind and loving. Hi, my name is Kristin. I think my grandfather was an alcoholic. I've heard that you don't have to drink to be an alcoholic; you can be alcoholic in your actions, thoughts,...