Insights are a blessing. Catching on to how I’ve done my best—however silly that may look now, looking back, preparing myself to complete Step Five—isn’t that a breeze that lifts my kite! If I am honest, really honest, my heart is filled to overflowing with—of all...
Voices of Recovery
Step Five: “Admitted To A Power…”
Waiting for a sign: It is not necessary to know in advance what will become of what I do today. I show up. I remind myself that I am a person with a life—with goals, with hopes, with questions, and with needs I cannot and do not want to ignore. It is okay to be this...
ATTENTION DEFICITS IN STEP FOUR
How many fellowship members have been diagnosed with what are called attention deficit disorders? I may discover that a substantial number of people recovering from trauma have been labeled among those who either cannot stay focused or, conversely, are hypervigilant,...
CANCER AND THE LAUNDRY LIST
After 75 years of extraordinarily good health, I have recently had a series of health issues which appear to be unrelated but which I suspect are connected in some way that I don’t understand. As an ACA, I hate mystery. I hate not knowing. But my intuition tells me...
The Light Mirror
Early in the Loving Parent Guidebook, healthy early childhood development is summarized with a suggestion to further explore on our own. I did this and became fascinated with the concept of “mirroring.” That tender time, when a baby smiles into the face of a loving...
