Twelve Steps of Adult Children Steps Workbook

by Adult Children of Alcoholics World Service Organization

191 page spiral bound steps workbook.

Genres: Self Help, Psychology, Mental Health, Nonfiction, Health, Relationships

191 pages, Spiral-bound

First published January 1, 2007

Reviews

[James · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the best works of this kind I've ever seen, maybe the best. This is the workbook put together by the founding members of the 12-Step program Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACA) to help a person work the Steps and change any patterns he/she is experiencing in adult life that are related to growing up in a home where the grownups weren't able to meet the kids' needs for love, security, trust, and role models, for whatever reasons. It isn't about blaming parents - it's about helping a person learn relationship and other life skills and knowledge that person didn't get the chance to learn as a kid.

I would recommend taking a look at the ACA program for any adult who's wrestling with painful patterns in romantic relationships, parenting situations, the workplace, or in friendships. I can say that in my own experience, nearly 30 years ago I saw myself starting to turn into my abusive father with my own children and also stuck in a pattern of unstable relationships with women that blew up in my face (the relationships, not the women) and feeling like an alien from the human race, a perpetual lonely outsider. Someone pointed me at ACA, and within 10 minutes of walking into my first meeting I knew I was home. It helped me break that cycle of abuse and neglect that had been handed down generation after generation in my family. Probably saved my life, for that matter.

Today I'm in a long-standing marriage that works; my kids are in their 30s now and I count both of them as friends, and this is what made all that possible. And this book is a tremendous help, along with the "red book", the ACA version of AA's "big book" - I wish both books had been around in the 80s when I got into ACA.

[Jennifer B · Rating 5 out of 5]

Other than the Big Red Book, this is the single most important resource for an Adult Child. The questions induce a deeper level of personal observation and introspection. A must-have-tool for those in recovery!

[Jessica · Rating 5 out of 5]

Part of the ACOA/Dysfunctional Families 12 step program, this is a very good workbook for adult children healing from a dysfunctional upbringing (substance use related or other.) It really explores a lot of the scars left, and maps out a solution to healing.

[Standrs Bandrs]

Absolutely essential for acoa

[David Lewis · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have really mixed feelings about this book. Although going through it with a group of other members of ACA (adult children of alcoholic parents) was helpful in some ways, it seemed much less pertinent and profound as going through the twelve steps of A.A. (alcoholics anonymouse), which I did many years ago. About half of TTSOFAD:SW was useful, I thought. It almost felt padded to me. And some of the steps don't seem really applicable to ACA recovery. Just my opinion. ;-)

[Claire · Rating 4 out of 5]

Could use an update, but I think that's in the works! I would appreciate more questions and exploration in the last steps like they have in the first steps as well as more room to write. Still, a tried and true book for working the ACA program! I'd love to see an amalgamation book of the ACA 12 steps and Tony A's 12 steps. Maybe one day...

[Dave · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a book to work, not to read. I was fortunate to have a handful of gracious fellow travelers to work it with over the course of nearly two years. Best work I've done, by far, but definitely something that would have been useless before I was ready for it.

[Selena Castellanos · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tony As steps are more gentle but this book was great

[Winter Rea Reanne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Extremely life changing!!!

[Christopher · Rating 4 out of 5]

The concept is excellent but it could have been executed better. Still, this workbook is very helpful. Great resource for anyone in recovery.