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Daily Affirmations Strengthening My Recovery Meditations
"What you are about to read was created from a space of love and gratitude for a Program that has saved countless lives physically, emotionally, and spiritually". "Strengthening my Recovery" is a Daily Affirmation and Meditation book written by and for the Adult Children of Alcoholics / Dysfunctional Families (ACA and ACoA) Fellowship. The seeds of this book were planted during the final development of the Fellowship Text, also know as the Big Red Book (BRB).
- GenresSelf HelpMental Health
391 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2013
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January 18, 2015
A great way to start or end the day. This is a book of short daily readings - material for reflection and meditation - connected with A.C.A. (the 12-step program Adult Children of Alcoholics, a.k.a. Adult Children of Alcoholic and Dysfunctional Families.)
The program centers on understanding and resolving patterns of thoughts, emotions, and behaviors that people develop as childhood survival strategies in environments that are abusive or neglectful. Family dysfunction is on a sliding scale, not all-or-nothing - no family is totally healthy and none are completely lacking in anything positive. But some are much sicker than others, and the result is that the kids' needs aren't met, and they develop those problematic patterns to cope.
Those patterns don't usually work very well once a person is grown up and just trying to live a happy life - they tend to lead to people reproducing their childhood environments no matter how badly they want to avoid passing those experiences on to their own children (just as their parents mostly wanted to avoid passing them on to those people.)
A lot of people initially get clean and sober in Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, and other programs oriented toward clear-but addictions. Once they've overcome those addictions, some look at their relationship patterns and graduate into A.C.A. to work on those too, and with time and work are able to break those patterns and stop the generational cycle.
As A.A. has its book Daily Reflections, A.C.A. now has this book. Highly recommended.
The program centers on understanding and resolving patterns of thoughts, emotions, and behaviors that people develop as childhood survival strategies in environments that are abusive or neglectful. Family dysfunction is on a sliding scale, not all-or-nothing - no family is totally healthy and none are completely lacking in anything positive. But some are much sicker than others, and the result is that the kids' needs aren't met, and they develop those problematic patterns to cope.
Those patterns don't usually work very well once a person is grown up and just trying to live a happy life - they tend to lead to people reproducing their childhood environments no matter how badly they want to avoid passing those experiences on to their own children (just as their parents mostly wanted to avoid passing them on to those people.)
A lot of people initially get clean and sober in Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, and other programs oriented toward clear-but addictions. Once they've overcome those addictions, some look at their relationship patterns and graduate into A.C.A. to work on those too, and with time and work are able to break those patterns and stop the generational cycle.
As A.A. has its book Daily Reflections, A.C.A. now has this book. Highly recommended.
July 29, 2017
Great daily reader. Packed full of wisdom about the experience of being an adult child of addicted / dysfunctional families. Wonderful addition to any collection of daily readers.
February 11, 2018
So many people don’t even know this program exists and this is one of the books! When you rely on your own limited understanding, watch the mess you can get yourself into. This affirmation is a collective consciousness and packs a mega punch!
September 16, 2016
So far I think this is great. I hear what I need to hear very often, and that is darn valuable.
June 6, 2021
Powerfull tool to keep my mind at peace.
February 27, 2022
Saving my life one day at a time 🙏
April 14, 2025
4.5 stars
Not all of them resonate and some only have one side of an issue, but they altogether are worth it. I'm starting my second year of reading them daily.
Not all of them resonate and some only have one side of an issue, but they altogether are worth it. I'm starting my second year of reading them daily.
December 31, 2016
LOVE these daily affirmations and meditations!!!!
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