03/01/2025
Önskar en bra start på nya året med detta inlägget från ACA 🌹12-stegsprogrammet för vuxna barn till dysfunktionella föräldrar 🌹
Step One
“We admitted we were powerless over the effects of alcoholism or other family dysfunction, that our lives had become unmanageable.” BRB p. 118
Of course we are powerless. Haven’t we been powerless most of our lives?
In ACA we learn to think of this word in a new light. When we hang around meetings long enough to listen, we find that our very power comes from surrender. The First Step tells us that we had actually been giving away our power at the exact time we sought to keep it. As we learn to healthfully surrender by walking away and letting go, we begin experiencing a new freedom.
We stop trying to fix others so that we can feel more comfortable, and in the process teach them how to take care of us. We take care of ourselves and allow others to fall down and not get up if that is what they must do. We walk away from the emotional car crashes that have caused us to feel like victims most of our lives. We realize we never really had the power to change anyone, especially those we grew up with.
As we make healthier choices, we start to see results in our lives. It is no longer the right thing to complain when we can just simply step away from the dialog. Because we now value our serenity, we release the idea that it is our job to change the world around us.
On this day I see wonderful things happening in my life as I loosen my grip…and let go.
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