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Stories of recovery from the effects of growing up in an alcoholic or otherwise dysfunctional home. Recorded at the ACA Tuesday Toolbox meeting of ACA (Adult Children of Alcoholics) in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn. Email us at TuesdayToolboxACA(at)Gmail.com.
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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.Von Tuesday Toolbox ACA
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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.Von Tuesday Toolbox ACA
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Carissa talks about recovering in ACA, how she used the tools to reshape her career and romantic relationship.Von Tuesday Toolbox ACA
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Kai talks about childhood neglect, inner-child work, loving parent workbook and self-parenting.Von Tuesday Toolbox ACA
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Claire talks about self abandonment, physical pain and how it can serve to cover up emotional pain.Von Tuesday Toolbox ACA
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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.Von Tuesday Toolbox ACA
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Franco talks about acceptance, acting vs reacting, dysfunctional family dynamic and detaching with love as a solution.Von Tuesday Toolbox ACA
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Lisa talks about grief and shame. She offers ACA community, journaling, parenting check-in and other tools of recovery.Von Tuesday Toolbox ACA
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B Aca talks about growing up in a para-alcoholic family, meditation, step study, self love and service as recovery tools.Von Tuesday Toolbox ACA
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John talks about growing up in an alcoholic family, self-love, and service as an expression of love.Von Tuesday Toolbox ACA
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Allyson talks about steady recovery and forming a new kind of relationship with her family of origin.Von Tuesday Toolbox ACA
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Heather talks about growing up in a dysfunctional family, her healing process, how she re-parents herself, and self-care.Von Tuesday Toolbox ACA
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Sam talks about play as a recovery tool from childhood trauma.Von Tuesday Toolbox ACA
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Ann talks about slowing down as a recovery tool.Von Tuesday Toolbox ACA
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Ben talks about grief work and tools of self parenting, two-way praying and journaling.Von Tuesday Toolbox ACA
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Lana talks about growing in a dysfunctional family, effects of childhood neglect and her recovery journey.Von Tuesday Toolbox ACA
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Carlos talks about perfectionism as an ACA trait, humor and connection as tools of recovery.Von Tuesday Toolbox ACA
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Keegan talks about abandonment issues, its effect on romantic relationships and solution to heal from dysfunctional patterns.Von Tuesday Toolbox ACA
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Britney talks about growing up in an alcoholic family, re-parenting one's self, loving parent tools and bill of rights.Von Tuesday Toolbox ACA
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Kristian talks about his recovery in 12-step programs, ACA's history, worldwide, and intergroup service.Von Tuesday Toolbox ACA
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Armen talks about step work, family history, and affirmation as a tool of recovery.Von Tuesday Toolbox ACA
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Kelly talks about codependency and sense of multiple selves.Von Tuesday Toolbox ACA
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Juan talks about acceptance, dissociation, and generational grief.Von Tuesday Toolbox ACA
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D. talks about the ACA Bill of Rights.Von Tuesday Toolbox ACA
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