Wednesday Night, 7:00 PM PST
This is an open meeting and anyone who is respectful of our meeting guidelines is free to join! Please scroll down to follow along during the meeting and have access to the various documents that will be read during the meeting.
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During this meeting, we read from the ACA "Big Red Book" and "Strengthening My Recovery". If you don't have a copy and can't get one locally, you can order one online below. Nook or Kindle devices/App let you read electronically immediately.
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| Big Red Book | ACA | Nook | Kindle |
| Strengthening My Recovery | ACA | Nook | Daily Read |
| Step Study Workbook | ACA | Amazon Kindle | |
| Loving Parent Guidebook | ACA | Kindle |
Hello, My name is _______ and I am the Secretary for this meeting. Welcome to "From The Ashes", a meeting of Adult Children of Alcoholics and Dysfunctional Families.
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We meet to share the experience we had as children growing up in an alcoholic or dysfunctional home. That experience infected us then, and it affects us today. By practicing the 12 Steps, by focusing on the Solution, and by accepting a Higher Power of our understanding, we find freedom from the effects of alcoholism and other family dysfunction. We identify with the Laundry List and learn to live in the Solution, one day at a time.
Will you please join me in a moment of silence followed by the ACA Third Step Prayer.
You may have related to our readings even though there was no apparent alcoholism in your home. This is common because dysfunction can occur in a family without the presence of addiction. We welcome you.
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Let’s introduce ourselves by first name, and if you like, you can share how you're feeling with the feeling chart. My name is _______ and I am an ACA. Today, I am feeling __________. [secretary reads names in order]
This program is not easy, but if you can handle what comes up at six consecutive meetings, you will start to come out of denial. Working this program by attending meetings that cover the big red book, related workbooks, and learning the concepts of ACA, will give you freedom from the past. Both you and your life will change.
In the beginning, many of us could not recognize or accept that some of our current attitudes or behaviors result from some experience related to alcoholism or dysfunction in our childhood. We behave as adult children, which means we bring self-doubt and fear learned in childhood to our adult interactions. By doing the work of ACA, we come to know and begin to act as our True Selves.
In this meeting, we encourage reaching out to each other in mutual support and fellowship as "fellow travelers". Everybody is encouraged to share their telephone number by posting it in the zoom chat. Please indicate if you would like to have your number added to our text message reminders sent out every week before the meeting.
ACA Literature: We strongly recommend ACA books to aid in your recovery. Links are available at the top of this page.
Chips: We celebrate our personal growth and commitment to this program of ACA by giving out chips that are mailed out upon request. Is anybody celebrating:
[1+ chips]: Let's all unmute and clap to celebrate ___ and ___ .... [clap].
[0 chips]: We thank and celebrate all who have attended this meeting tonight.
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Anonymity: What you hear at this meeting should remain at this meeting. We do not talk about another person’s story or experiences to other people. Please respect the anonymity of those who share with us today.
Crosstalk: We do not crosstalk during this meeting which means we do not interrupt, refer to, or comment on what another person has said during the meetings. We do not crosstalk because adult children come from family backgrounds where feelings and perceptions were judged as wrong or defective.
Any group member who believes he or she has been cross talked can ask the secretary to read our full cross talk rules.
This is a book study and sharing meeting. We will stop the reading at 7:45 and begin open sharing until a little after 8:00.
7th Tradition & 12th Traditions: It is now time for the 7th Tradition, which states that: “Every ACA group ought to be self-supporting declining outside contributions.” When you are able, please donate, so that we may keep this meeting alive and well. We can accept donations by Venmo, PayPal, or Personal Check. Newcomers do not contribute to our 7th Tradition for their first meeting.
Would someone please read the tradition of the month from 12 Traditions?
Announcements: Now it is time for the:
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Thank you for being here and please keep coming back. If you did not have a chance to share, please speak to someone after the meeting. This meeting will be kept open so you can do so.
Would someone please read The Promises or Bill of Rights
Let’s stand in a circle and hold hands as _________ closes the meeting with the ACA Serenity Prayer and the Self-Love Exercise.
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