Orange County, CA Adult Children Of Alcoholics (ACAs)
The Twelve Traditions
Our common welfare should come first, personal recovery depends on ACA unity.
For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority - a loving God as expressed in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants, they do not govern.
The only requirement for membership in ACA is a desire to recover from the effects of growing up in an alcoholic or otherwise dysfunctional family.
Each group is autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or ACA as a whole. We cooperate with all other 12-Step programs.
Each group has but one primary purpose - to carry its message to the adult child who still suffers.
An ACA group ought never endorse, finance or lend the ACA name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property and prestige divert us from our primary purpose.
Every ACA group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.
Adult Children of Alcoholics should remain forever non-professional, but our service centers may employ special workers.
ACA, as such, ought never be organized, but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve.
Adult Children of Alcoholics has no opinion on outside issues; hence the ACA name ought never be drawn into public controversy.
Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio, T.V. and films.
Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities.
The Twelve Traditions are reprinted and adapted from the original Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous
LINKS:
The new ACA Blog site
Read posts and post your own messages
Common Characteristics
Does this sound like you?
The Problem
This is a description, not an indictment
The Solution
The healing begins when we risk moving out of isolation
12 Steps
The pathway to change
The 12 Traditions
ACA policies and guidelines
Other ACA Meetings
Links to Online Recovery Resources, Information, Message Boards, Chat Rooms.
The Serenity Prayer
"God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change
The courage to change the things I can
and the wisdom to know the difference."
ACA is not allied with any sect, denomination, political entity or institution and does not engage in any controversy; neither endorses or opposes any cause. ACA uses the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions adopted from AA as the principles of our Program of Discovery/Recovery and our guide to living One Day At A Time.
This page is not endorsed by, under the direction of, or affiliated with Adult Children of Alcoholics World Service Organization, Inc., AdultChildren.org, Prince Of Peace Church or any official organization.