The originator of the ACoA "Laundry Lists" gives an insider's view of the early days of the ACoA movement. Tony A. discusses what it means to be an adult child of an alcoholic parent and what the self-help group can do for its members. Includes stories, history and helpful information for the ACoA.

Details a fuller picture of the traits adult children acquire from being brought up in an alcoholic/dysfunctional home. This workbook expands the Fellowship Text's brief description of the "Other" or Opposite Laundry List. It contains concise questions to guide the recovering adult child in reliving actual episodes that produced feelings of inferiority, shame, guilt, and anger (emotional intoxication). This workbook outlines a recovery process for healing the injury and conflict caused by childhood trauma and its continued re-enactment, and for withdrawing from emotional intoxication.

This is the official ACA Fellowship Text that is Adult Children of Alcoholics World Service Organization (ACA WSO) Conference Approved Literature. Adult Children of Alcoholics/Dysfunctional Families (ACA) is an independent 12 Step and 12 Tradition anonymous program.

This is the conference-approved companion workbook to the ACA Fellowship Text that is Adult Children of Alcoholics World Service Organization (ACA WSO) Conference Approved Literature. Adult Children of Alcoholics/Dysfunctional Families (ACA) is an independent 12 Step and 12 Tradition anonymous program.

Daily Meditation book written by and for the Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACA/ACoA) Fellowship. Contributions reflect experience, strength and hope as part of the contributors' recovery journeys.

Serenity seems to be very hard to come by for many of us. There seems to be some basic misunderstanding that humans seem to have which inhibits them from enjoying "what is..". The laundry list is a way of waking you up and helping you stay aware, like a committed meditator's daily practice. My hope is that it will make you smile and think....

When the authors of The Solution said that "The Solution is to become your own loving parent," they really meant it. Becoming your own loving parent by developing your reparenting skills can change your life. The goal of reparenting is to give ourselves what we needed to receive as children but did not. Reparenting won't change the past, but it can transform the way you relate to it and help you change how you live today.

This is a textbook for a unique therapeutic technique. The Intimacy Gram is a tool for diagramming your current levels of intimacy and balance on one sheet of paper. By exploring the factors of intimacy, levels of intimacy, anchors, and balance among life realms, you can get a GPS screenshot of where you are presently in your life. From the your present "GPS marker", this screenshot gives you an idea of where you are in relationships and goals, and where you may need to go to increase satisfaction in relationships and life balance. The Intimacy Gram is a visual tool to help you see where you are presently on your journey, how the past has affected the course of your path, and what may need to be done in order to achieve balance in daily living. Anybody can benefit from scripting an Intimacy Gram. Those in therapy or working a 12 Step program can gain extra insight and direction from using this tool.

The child of an alcoholic develops patterns of behavior during childhood which carry over into adult life. As children they were taught to cover up the family secret and suppress their feelings. No matter what is going on, as adults, when asked how she or he is doing your partner will likely answer "fine." Distrust, fear of abandonment, and sensitivity to criticism are all major issues for your adult child. Recognizing these patterns and changing the ones that cause problems will help you and your partner enjoy a deeper relationship.