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“Parents abandon their children when they fail to praise or recognize a child’s true effort to please the parent.”
― Adult Children of Alcoholics World Service Organization, Adult Children of Alcoholics/Dysfunctional Families

“The term “adult child” means that we respond to adult interactions with the fear and self-doubt learned as children. This undercurrent of hidden fear can sabotage our choices and relationships. We can appear outwardly confident while living with a constant question of our worth.”
― Adult Children of Alcoholics World Service Organization, Adult Children of Alcoholics/Dysfunctional Families

“Sometimes we get so tied up in our idea of what we think we want that we miss out on the amazingness of what we could actually have.”
― Lynn Painter, Better Than the Movies

“Whether it is due to cultural issues affecting family structure or emotional problems, to be in a family where we learn the primary dysfunctional family rules, “don’t talk, don’t trust, and don’t feel,” crushes the very spirit that allows us to thrive.”
― Adult Children of Alcoholics World Service Organization, Adult Children of Alcoholics/Dysfunctional Families