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Other Laundry List trait 5: We live life from the standpoint of a victimizer, and are attracted to people we can manipulate and control in our important relationships. There are 4 sides to the Laundry List Traits, common traits of those who experienced dysfunctional caregivers. We must be willing to apply the principles of the Steps and to reparent ourselves if we want to change. Some of us in ACA found God’s will to be the way we lived our lives when we were in conscious contact with our Higher Power.

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Chapters 10-16, Deepening Your Reparenting Skills, help you deepen your reparenting skills to protect, nurture, support, and guide your inner family. Sobriety is a gift of mercy and grace we receive from our Higher Power just because our Higher Power loves us. WSO would like to know the name of the station or entity they are sent to, the contact person’s full name, the address including street, city, state, country, and zip if applicable. As we continue to meditate and pray, making it an important part of our daily experience, our path is revealed.

The ACA World Service Organization asks that you update them with the contact info of the radio stations or other places where these are sent. My survival instinct is programmed for any hint of danger and often kicks in before any danger is even present. Even if we don’t work full-time, looking at ACA traits in the workplace can help improve our interaction in other groups or social settings. Most Fellow World Travelers meetings are audio only, do not use the video function unless it is written in the meeting info. While I did end up being well-informed, this pastime didn’t soothe the little child within, the one who really needed soothing.

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In Chapters 1-9, Laying a Foundation for Reparenting, you will awaken your loving parent and identify and connect with your inner family. When asked for a password Fellow World Travelers meetings use the same password 711, unless otherwise specified. The Fellowship Text chapter 8 is entitled “The Solution: Becoming Your Own Loving Parent”, however, the concepts of loving parent and inner child are interwoven throughout the ACA program and literature.I” statements build my self respect while offering others a true opportunity to have a real relationship with me. In Chapters 17-21, Nurturing a Loving Inner Home, you’ll connect more deeply with your inner family to build a loving inner home.

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We risk taking our parental programming and our false attitudes about ourselves into our working life.In this time of uncertainty, reparenting can help us be in the solution of becoming our own loving parent. I have the right to laugh, to play, to have fun, and the freedom to celebrate this life, right here, right now. At first, it may seem like an insignificant detail, but using third person statements is distancing and impersonal. We increase awareness of our own reality … we see connections between the events in our lives … We are able to reflect on the wonder of our lives, with gratitude to our Higher Power.

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Meetings are intended to be safe places where we can share our experience, strength and hope without judgement or criticism. We are not saying relationships become workable overnight, but they also are not as impossible as we once thought.When using Zoom it’s best to quit all other programs, especially Skype, Whatsapp, Viber, Facetime or other applications that use the internet, microphone and video. However, Adult Children of Alcoholics is often the only program for many adult children recovering from the effects of alcoholism or other family dysfunction, including the effects of alcoholism and drug addiction. Chapter 7 Study: introduces ACA newcomers to the ACA Steps and is a renewal for the experienced member to the Steps, and their various adaptations, have brought sure hope and a better way of life to those who desire change. When sharing with an individual or as part of a group, using “I” statements can make a big difference. If we really want to trust that the program is going to work for us, we learn to follow in the footsteps of those who came before us - to slow down and "Take It Easy.