The wheels are in motion. If you landed here, you’ve already started your healing journey. I wish you serenity and the life you want! I’ve separated my ACoA topic articles into two sections:
- My ACoA experience – details of my life
- So, you’re an ACoA? Now what? Getting started with your ACoA healing journey
When I realized that I am an adult child of an alcoholic, I went looking for blogs and social media content shared by adult children of alcoholics. I found very few. So, I began writing. These are articles about my experience as an adult child of an alcoholic to help other adult children of alcoholics and anyone affected by addiction and substance use disorders. Please note that everything I write about being an adult child of an alcoholic is related to my own personal experience with it. I am sharing my story to help other people and to pay it forward because so many people shared their stories with me. Their stories illuminated my healing path.
I do not give advice. Always consult a professional for guidance in your life. I wish you serenity and healing!
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Articles about my ACoA experience
My story: Growing up with an alcoholic parent (the full story)
My brain works differently because I’m an adult child of an alcoholic
About my mom
How I became my mother’s mother
I prevented Mom’s drunk driving arrest
Sharing my mom
Forgiving my alcoholic mother and my co-dependent father
My mom’s reaction to my book about addiction
My relationship with my mother today
The pain of loving addicted people
Experiencing the holidays as the child of an alcoholic
A tough part of the journey: My dad died
ACoA journey breakthrough: I’m SO done feeling guilty about how I spend my time
I don’t like cooking because I am an adult child of an alcoholic
5 reasons why I don’t drink alcohol
Terrible times in my life that lead to good times
Here come the holidays and I’m not even stressed
Why life as an adult child of an alcoholic is nothing like I imagined
The bravest thing I’ve ever done: tell a room full of strangers that I am an adult child of an alcoholic
Living for the little kid on the refrigerator
Improving my ACOA relationship with sleep
What “Adult Child of an Alcoholic” means to me
Four truth bombs that changed my life as an adult child of an alcoholic
The milestones are complicated on the ACOA journey
What I promised my grandma about addiction
Why the topic of adult children of an alcoholic is so powerfully inspiring for me
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So, you’re an ACoA? Now what? Getting started with YOUR ACoA healing journey
3 ways life changes after you admit having an alcoholic parent deeply affected you
So, you’re an adult child of an alcoholic. Now what?
What happens when you realize you’re an ACoA
ACoAs, it turns out you’re normal and that’s the problem
Why it’s hard for adult children of alcoholics to take good care of ourselves
Where adult children of alcoholics can find all the answers
3 good things that come from being an adult child of an alcoholic
Experiencing the holidays as the child of an alcoholic
3 ways to set boundaries with an alcoholic
The ACOA pursuit of satisfaction
Amplifying positive voices and silencing negative ones
7 ways being a child of an alcoholic affects your career
Law of attraction for adult children of alcoholics and dysfunctional families
Coping with shame as an ACoA
Recognizing and letting go of guilt
The simple question to guide smarter decision making
Boundary setting
How to know if you are making progress in healing as an ACoA
Letting go of the need to control
How to stop worrying about the next terrible thing to happen
Who am I? Finding yourself // tips for adult children of alcoholics
Your past does not define your future
Being a modern adult child of an alcoholic
How to stop feeling trapped in your life
Simplifying your feelings to heal
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Related content
How to help someone who has an alcoholic parent or spouse
How parental alcoholism stays under the radar
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ACoA Book Recommendations
The best books for adult children of alcoholics
The best books for children about addiction and alcoholism
5 ways Brooke Shields’ memoir perfectly told the adult child of an alcoholic life story
The list of those articles are very interesting and filled with good information about the alcohol and stuffs related. i like that article a lot how I become my mother”s mother…..I appreciate your effort a lot..thanks