“We cannot recover in isolation.”
Whether you’ve been in ACA for years or a few days, we rely on valuable language and affirmations to build our confidence in our journey toward recovery. These texts, which you’ll hear in our meetings, guide us in our Fellowship to focus on ourselves and support our Fellow Travelers, too.
The Twelve Promises (modified)
- We will discover our real identities by loving and accepting ourselves.
- Our self-esteem will increase as we give ourselves approval on a daily basis.
- Fear of authority figures and the need to “people-please” will leave us.
- Our ability to share intimacy will grow inside us.
- As we face our abandonment issues, we will be attracted by strengths and become more tolerant of weaknesses.
- We will enjoy feeling stable, peaceful, and financially secure.
- We will learn how to play and have fun in our lives.
- We will choose to love people who can love and be responsible for themselves.
- Healthy boundaries and limits will become easier for us to set.
- Fears of failure and success will leave us, as we intuitively make healthier choices.
- With help from our ACA support group, we will slowly release our dysfunctional behaviors.
- Gradually, with the help of others, we will learn to expect the best and get it.
Responsibility Statement
When anyone, anywhere reaches out for help,
I want the hand of ACA to always be there.
And, for that, we are responsible.
Secular Serenity Affirmation
Today, I seek the Serenity
to accept the people I cannot change,
the courage to change the one I can,
and the wisdom to know that one is me.
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