I was actually reprimanded for posting Tony A's steps on the adultchildren.org website in 2009. I was told by the admin there they were copyrighted. The link I had posted completely dissaopeared of the www. that same week. I thought man somebody most have some connection.
I also recognized alot of control on that website and was wounded by it.
Yet, they themselves; ACA WSO had two full paragraphs out of Tony A.'s book The ACOA Experience, The Laundry List written in thier book, they ACA Text a.k.a. big red book.
Why is that book so big? Makes me wonder if that was not some kind of ego thing. The biggest book of all. Sadly, it is so big my daughter did not want it when I tried to give it to her. It is almost intellectual abuse in sorts.
I was told by an ACA member that the ACA Text itself is schizophrenic. I can certainly tell it was written by many different authors. I am so glad I see Tony's steps being posted in mnay diffferent places today.
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1. We admitted that we were powerless over the effects of living with alcoholism and that our lives had become unmanageable.
ReplyDelete2. We came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could bring us clarity.
3. We made a decision to practice self-love and to trust a Higher Power of our understanding.
4. We made a searching and blameless inventory of our parents because, in essence, we had become them.
5. We admitted to our Higher Power, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our childhood abandonment.
6. We were entirely ready to begin the healing process with the aid of our Higher Power.
7. We humbly asked our Higher Power to help us with our healing process.
8. We became willing to open ourselves to receive the unconditional love of our Higher Power.
9. We became willing to accept our own unconditional love by understanding that our Higher Power loves us unconditionally.
10. We continued to take personal inventory and to love and approve of ourselves.
11. We sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with our Higher Power, praying only for knowledge of its will for us and the power to carry it out.
12. We have had a spiritual awakening as a result of taking these steps, and we continue to love ourselves and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
Hi Sparky,
ReplyDeleteAn old posting of yours came up on the MIP ACA forum. It looked then like you had a whole lot to offer. Since that time I have bought a copy of Tony and Dan's 'The Laundry List.
If you are no longer getting these messages on your blog please let me know!
Just kidding,
DavidG.