Adult Children of Alcoholics/Dysfunctional Families

By: Adult Children of Alcoholics/Dysfunctional Families

Narrated by: Adult Children of Alcoholics/Dysfunctional Families

Length: 22 hrs and 16 mins

Publisher's summary

DISCLAIMER: This is the official ACA Fellowship Text that is Adult Children of Alcoholics World Service Organization (ACA WSO) Conference approved literature. Adult Children of Alcoholics/Dysfunctional Families (ACA) is an independent 12-step and 12-tradition anonymous program. ACA's tenth tradition states that ACA has no opinion on outside issues; hence the ACA name ought never be drawn into public controversy. ACA's sixth tradition states that ACA ought never endorse, finance, or lend the ACA name to any related facility or outside enterprise (or books/authors) lest problems of money, property, and prestige divert us from our primary purpose. Thus any suggestions of other authors or books (e.g., "Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought") made on this Web site are solely those of the online retailer. ACA World Service Organization expressly disclaims any association with any authors or books or with any online retailer and their affiliates.

Book description: The ACA Fellowship Text is owned, copyrighted, and published by ACA WSO. ACA WSO acts as the central agency of the program, gathering and disseminating meeting information, creating and distributing literature, and providing information to the general public. The ACA Fellowship Text (commonly referred to as the Big Red Book or BRB) is a meeting book, steps book, traditions book, workbook, and group guide. The ACA Fellowship Text was anonymously written by ACA members and provides guidance on working the 12 -step ACA program, leading to recovery from the effects of growing up in an alcoholic or otherwise dysfunctional family. ACA WSO has adapted AA's steps (with permission from AA) to address the effects of childhood trauma and neglect and offer hope to ACAs worldwide.

©2006 Adult Children of Alcoholics World Service Organization, Inc. (P)2014 Adult Children of Alcoholics World Service Organization, Inc.

A step closer to healing

I have found so much help with this book I even bought a hard copy.

Unfortunate

Such amazing and helpful material narrated very poorly. Bummer.
Sad to think people won’t listen because the narrator’s voice and cadence are so grating.

great book

Got a lot out of it but kept mentioning the founder like he too much.

Great resource and very helpful!

Wish the membership was cheaper. will cancel before I'm charged again. otherwise it is a great app and would recommend it to all my friends.

snooze alert. skip past chapter 17

17 chapters of accreditations....ZZZ zz 😴 took way to long to get to the meat and potatoes of this book. By the time it got into it I had lost interest and it made it very hard to listen to.

Very Helpful

What made the experience of listening to Adult Children of Alcoholics/Dysfunctional Families the most enjoyable?

I really loved that an audiobook version of this book was available. It is a really long book and it's hard for me to find the time to read. I can listen while I am at work and that's what works for me.

What did you like best about this story?

It was really great at helping me understand why I am the way that I am.

What about Adult Children of Alcoholics/Dysfunctional Families’s performance did you like?

The book was done well with no long pauses or errors.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I would have liked to but it is way to long to do that.

Any additional comments?

I would highly recommend this book for anyone interested in the topic

Incredible Book and Godsend to Emotional Sobriety

I’ve been working on and off in my drug of choice recovery in twelve step program for over 18 years and hadn’t heard of this until now. What a blessing this program is now and since I’m an audible learner it helps me to listen to the book since it’s so massive while I drive for work. Readers please realize this is a all in one book for a 12 step recovery book, so it’s to be read like a novel, or self help book. So for all of the whiners who say it’s intolerable to listen to, take a step back and realize you’re probably not ready for its gifts and knowledge yet. One day when you are, the reader’s voice won’t matter so much anymore. For this who want healing this book and any voice reading it, is a tremendous gift and blessing! Thanks to the writers and readers. - James M. DENVER, CO

An excellent audiobook to start a new life.

I found this audiobook amazingly good to reflect and to try changes in my life by using tecniques developed by ACA and joining a local group.

Audio Book supports 12 step study.

Aloha! Listening to audio book while reading the book supports my learning style. A meeting I attend uses it to listen to during meeting. Helps allow the reading time of meeting because not everyone has books yet.

Meh

Too bad the chapters aren't labeled and organized better. If this is based on page numbers it would have been nice to be provided a pdf. The delivery was at times forced sounding, but wasn't too bad when I set the speed to .9
I felt like the content was a disorganized jumble of other 12 step ideas, stories, and of course the much touted laundry list. still, it was interesting and helpful, especially for someone already interested in recovery. I think if the chapters were clearly labeled I could have gotten a lot more out of the vast material.