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The 2023 WSO Ballot
2023 Ballot Proposals and the Annual Business Conference NOTE: Join us after the meeting on April 1, 2 ,3 and 4, as we discuss and vote on the 2023 WSO Ballot Proposals. Participate on 1 day or all days – you decide. If you are unable to join the discussions, you may still participate by…
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Bill of Rights
For Fellowship Review The WSO Literature Review Committee has approved changes to the Bill of Rights which may now be reviewed by the fellowship. There is a 1year period for comments. Each ACA member has the opportunity to comment individually. Since our SMR meeting uses the Bill of Rights in our format, we will be…
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2022 Ballot Proposals and the Annual Business Conference
The WSO oversees a process by which the membership may recommend changes to the organization or suggest literature development, among other things. This happens through the Ballot Proposal Process. Basically, a group submits a Proposal supporting an idea or change that would be of benefit to ACA worldwide. The item, along with other proposals, is…
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The 12 Concepts of ACA
Concept IThe final responsibility and the ultimate authority for ACA World Services should always reside in the collective conscience of our whole fellowship. Concept IIAuthority for the active maintenance of our world services is hereby delegated to the actual voice, the effective conscience for our whole fellowship. Concept IIIAs a means of creating and maintaining…
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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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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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ACA World Service Approved
The materials posted here are the Board approved or Conference approved resources created for the Adult Children of Alcoholics /Dysfunctional Families global fellowship. Much of this material was generated by the fellowship by way of the Literature Committee of WSO. Also listed are resources presented or produced at the ACA World Conventions. Websites The WSO…
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Regions & Intergroups
If you wish to be of service to your local region or intergroup, you can find a listing on the WSO site. Intergroups To provide common services for meeting groups, an Intergroup may form. Traditionally an Intergroup would have a geographic quality, supporting groups in a certain area by providing discounted literature or workshops and…
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ABC Proposal
Dear Fellow SMR Members, Unique to the world of 12-Step recovery programs, the World Service Organization of ACA annually invites groups to offer proposals aimed at the improvement of all aspects of the fellowship that touch on the organization, worldwide. Proposals are to be the product of a group conscience, as opposed to the ideas…
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Crosstalk
ACA’s No Crosstalk Guidelines Somewhere along the line, we learned to doubt our perceptions, discount our feelings, and overlook our needs. Telling people what we thought or felt often resulted in our being ignored, laughed at or punished. We learned to look to others to tell us what to think, what to feel and how…
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The ACA Service Network
Being ‘of service’ is at the heart of ACA recovery. Service opens the ‘door’ of the Zoom room where we meet. Service created this website. ACA members provide service whenever they attend a meeting and offer their experiences. And you offer service when you lead a meeting, answer an email, chair a Group Conscience or…