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Illuminating Fellowship
by Jim R. Oct. 3, 2020. Carving out time to play with my friends… not so scary!
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Offering #1
by Jim R.
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Recollections Gallery
Thank you for being part of our growth this first year.Here’s how we’ve loved our meeting, ourselves, and each other. View Page
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Bridge of Pain
by Margot L. During our daily meetings I encourage my Little Inner Child to express herself. She prints and draws using my non-domninant hand. Some of her drawings I embroider onto a piece of cloth. My Little One cannot use a needle and thread so she participated in this embroidery by painting the sky! This…
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The Lost Art of Listening
“That isn’t what I meant!”Truly listening and being heard is far from simple, even between people who care about each other.This perennial bestseller–now revised and updated for the digital age–has helped more than 150,000 readers resolve conflicts and transform their personal and professional relationships. It helped me understand I am not responsible for how my…
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An Invitation to Brave Space
Together we will create brave space.Because there is no such thing as a “safe space” —We exist in the real world.We all carry scars and we have all caused wounds.In this spaceWe seek to turn down the volume of the outside world,We amplify voices that fight to be heard elsewhere,We call each other to more truth…
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Treasurer’s Report February 2021
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Inappropriate Behaviour
The physical, mental, and emotional safety of our members is a primary concern of this group. We ask members to familiarize themselves with this information from the World Service Organization on predatory behaviour. By maintaining a proactive approach to safety, the ACA community is less vulnerable to the likelihood of recreating dysfunction, abuse and secrecy,…
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Internal Family Systems
An interesting psychotherapy model that follows the ACA paradigm with great success
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Vagus Nerve Yoga for Trauma Recovery
This is a great one-page explanation of the effect of trauma on the Vagus nerve and how that nerve continues to react to stimulus even when no real danger is present. An overview with added bonus of a short yoga practice to help us learn to reset our systems when we feel threatened. https://drarielleschwartz.com/vagus-nerve-yoga-for-trauma-recovery-dr-arielle-schwartz/#.YCE9S5NKgWo
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Into the Magic Shop
Into the Magic Shop by James R. Doty: A neurosurgeon’s quest to discover the mysteries of the brain and the secrets of the heart. How a child from an alcoholic family found his way from hopelessness to become a neurosurgeon. The lessons he learned from a lady in the Magic Shop who felt his angst…
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The 12 Steps
We admitted we were powerless over the effects of alcoholism or other family dysfunction, that our lives had become unmanageable. Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understand God. Made…
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The 12 Traditions
The Twelve Traditions are reprinted and adapted from the original Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous and are used with the permission of Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.
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World Service Rep Reports
These reports highlight some of the recent initiatives at the ACA World Service Organization, in particular, developments reported at the monthly WSO Board Teleconferences. The reports also feature various online resources available to members and meetings. They may also announce opportunities to be of service to the WSO. 2023 May, 2023 March, 2023 February, 2023…
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On Anonymity
“If someone chooses to use his/her first and last name or hand out an address or phone number that is that person’s choice.” BRB p. 607 “For some ACA members, anonymity is merely stating their first name at ACA meetings to protect their identity… Anonymity also means that we do not talk about someone else’s…
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SMR Business Meeting January 2021
https://staging.acamorning.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GCre-Minutes-draft-v1.0-2021-01-25.docx.rtf
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Treasurer’s Report January 2021
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Conversations with a Blank Canvas
Conversations with a Blank Canvas: From Nowhere to Somewhere Decades of Change and Transformation by Isa L. Levy Instagram: isalevyaol.com2 Reading Conversations with a Blank Canvas changed my approach to creativity. It ended a twenty year block of not oil painting because of my need for perfectionism. Not only have I been painting for over six months,…
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Treasury Reports
These are the monthly Treasurer’s reports for Strengthening My Recovery. For questions or comments, write to treasurer@acamorning.org. To view our financial spreadsheet, go to this link. SMR, our daily meditation meeting, was conceived on March 20, 2020, with the help of the Central New Jersey ACA Intergroup. The following email message was composed as a…
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A New Hope Beginner’s Meeting
A New Hope ACA Beginners Meeting – Global “Connections” (WEB0140) Date/Time: Sundays – 12:00 p.m. (noon) Eastern U.S. Zoom meeting link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89221782321 Zoom meeting password: 603201 Zoom phone dial-in by your location: +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 929 205 6099 US (New York) +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington D.C) +1 346 248…