From The Ashes ACA
Friday Night, 7:00 PM
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From The Ashes ACA |
Friday Night, 7:00 PM |
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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.
For matters of safety, all participants will be asked to identify themselves by either video or audio.
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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 |
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.
So that we can "go around the room", each of us is given a number and we will go in order of number. For matters of safety, all participants will be asked to identify themselves by either video or audio.
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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 go around the room by number and introduce ourselves by our first names. You may use the feeling chart, if you want. Again, my name is _______ and I am an ACA. Today, I am feeling __________.
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. This 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 attending six meetings in a row and attending regularly thereafter, 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 who wants to 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 have several ACA publications available for purchase. We strongly recommend these materials for the recovery process. Please talk to someone after the meeting or check on our website if you are interested in seeing and purchasing these publications.
Chips: We celebrate our personal growth and commitment to this program of ACA by giving out chips that are mailed out. Is anybody celebrating:
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 chairman of the meeting to read our full cross talk rules.
Reading:
This is a book study and sharing meeting. We read from Strengthening My Recovery and the Adult Children of Alcoholics, commonly known as “The Big Red Book”. 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 make arrangements with myself the secretary so that we can keep this meeting alive and well. We can accept domations 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 if you need to talk. 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.