Tuesday Toolbox ACA

Tom talks about growing up in an alcoholic family, using ACA tools of humour and creativity as tools of healing from childhood trauma.

Keagen talks about recovering from dysfunctional relationships.

Kay talks about healing from anger and resentment using the ACA tools.

Justica discusses the liberating effects of anonymity and the 12-step confidential rooms on discovering one's true identity.

K talks about step three and how it helped her to overcome powerlessness.

Franco talks about self forgiveness and self compassion.

John talks about his recovery, internal family systems and self states.

Keegan talks about hir recovery and reads from The Big Red Book on verbal and emotional abuse.

Wes talks about grief, his inner child, acceptance and practicing new way of experience.

Kat talks about self-love, meditation, and Buddhism as part of her recovery and connection to a Higher Power.

Shayne talks about growing up in unsafe environments, getting outside help paired with ACA recovery.

Jennifer ACA talks about recognizing the critical parent's voice, and how ACA recovery helped her to raise awareness and find healthy self parenting models for her recovery.

Michael ACA talks about repeating patters of family dysfunction in relationships, how he found hope in ACA rooms, and accepting powerlessness (Step 1) to start healing.

Rusty ACA talks about gentle, loving self reparenting tools and how he continues to develop a trusting relationship with his internal family system.

Carissa talks about recovering in ACA, how she used the tools to reshape her career and romantic relationship.

Kai talks about childhood neglect, inner-child work, loving parent workbook and self-parenting.

Claire talks about self abandonment, physical pain and how it can serve to cover up emotional pain.

Emily talks about the notion of Higher Power, how it is separate from organized religions, and 12-steps being a spiritual solution of one's own choosing in recovery from family dysfunction.

Franco talks about acceptance, acting vs reacting, dysfunctional family dynamic and detaching with love as a solution.

Lisa talks about grief and shame. She offers ACA community, journaling, parenting check-in and other tools of recovery.

B Aca talks about growing up in a para-alcoholic family, meditation, step study, self love and service as recovery tools.

John talks about growing up in an alcoholic family, self-love, and service as an expression of love.

Heather talks about growing up in a dysfunctional family, her healing process, how she re-parents herself, and self-care.

Allyson talks about steady recovery and forming a new kind of relationship with her family of origin.

Heather talks about growing up in a dysfunctional family, her healing process, how she re-parents herself, and self-care.

Ann talks about slowing down as a recovery tool.

Sam talks about play as a recovery tool from childhood trauma.

Lana talks about growing in a dysfunctional family, effects of childhood neglect and her recovery journey.

Ben talks about grief work and tools of self parenting, two-way praying and journaling.

Carlos talks about perfectionism as an ACA trait, humor and connection as tools of recovery.

Keegan talks about abandonment issues, its effect on romantic relationships and solution to heal from dysfunctional patterns.

Britney talks about growing up in an alcoholic family, re-parenting one's self, loving parent tools and bill of rights.

Kristian talks about his recovery in 12-step programs, ACA's history, worldwide, and intergroup service.

Armen talks about step work, family history, and affirmation as a tool of recovery.

Kelly talks about codependency and sense of multiple selves.

Juan talks about acceptance, dissociation, and generational grief.

D. talks about the ACA Bill of Rights.

Bill talks about the laundry list and the fear of success.

Karla talks about ACA personality, self-doubt, and healing through self-parenting.

Archie talks about abandonment, codependence, and loss of self.

Keegan talks about codependence.

Zack talks about the step four.

Amanda talks about her true self.

Mandy talks about the laundry list and step seven.

Jen talks about meeting her inner child.

Kaitlin talks about using the tool of awareness in her recovery.

Ingrid speaks about the role of Step 12 in her recovery.

Riley talks about hitting bottom in ACA recovery.

Frankie speaks about the role of self-forgiveness and unconditional love in their recovery.

Angel describes the role of Step 3 and surrender in their recovery.