Many of our members who have worked remarkable Twelve Step programs in AA or Al-Anon come to ACA to further address their shame and feelings of being unwhole. They have made good progress elsewhere, but they sense something is missing. While working ACA’s Steps, these members may realize a new bottom or the work needed to seize a deeper sense of he

Finally, a new sponsor told me I had the pu-pu platter of addictions: Basically, I used whatever I could find to not feel vulnerable

“One of the qualities I have seen in my experience as a therapist, one of the ‘traits’ if you will, is that people I associate with long-term sobriety all have a sense of perspective in common. As if they can step back from their life, step back from the play, and watch the performance and make judgment calls. You seem to me to have this quality.”