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Spiritual Approach
•Founded 1978Adult Children of Alcoholics
A 12-step program for adults who grew up in alcoholic or dysfunctional families.
Pros
- ✓Addresses root causes
- ✓Trauma-informed approach
- ✓Breaking generational patterns
- ✓Deep emotional work
- ✓Supportive community
Considerations
- •Can be emotionally intense
- •Focuses on past
- •May retraumatize without proper support
- •Progress can be slow
Philosophy & Approach
Healing from childhood trauma and dysfunction through reparenting ourselves and breaking generational patterns.
Key Principles:
- •Identifying the 14 traits of adult children
- •Inner child work
- •Reparenting ourselves
- •Breaking the cycle
- •Grieving childhood losses
Meeting Format
Topic meetings, step study groups, and workbook meetings focused on healing childhood wounds.
Best For
- Adults from dysfunctional families
- Children of alcoholics/addicts
- Those with childhood trauma
- People seeking deep healing
May Not Be Ideal For
- •Those wanting immediate symptom relief
- •People uncomfortable with emotional work
- •Individuals preferring present-focused approaches
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