25 - What Powerlessness & Unmanageability Means To An Adult Child

Adult Child

Andrea

Relationships, Health & Fitness, Education, Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Mental Health

4.9 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

In today's episode, we take a deep dive into Step 1 of the ACA program - "We admitted we were powerless over the effects of alcoholism or other family dysfunction - that our lives had become unmanageable." It is through accepting our powerlessness and unmanageability that we gain power and create a manageable life.
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0:00.0	Feeling powerless and not acting is like being hungry and choosing not to eat.
0:07.0	My name is Andrea and this is adult child. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I mean.
0:14.0	Yeah, yeah.
0:15.0	What you holding on to?
0:19.0	What you holding on to?
0:20.0	But just let it all go.
0:22.0	What's making you slow now?
0:25.0	Let it all go.
0:27.0	Welcome back to it old child, where we take a deep dive into the impact of growing up in a dysfunctional family.
0:34.8	Sorry for the delay, y'all, but here is your damn episode.
0:39.7	I just got back into town last night.
0:41.8	I spent a couple days in New York with my mom we went to the US Open
0:47.2	I ate four bagels in 48 hours I also had Chinese food. I had pizza and I had a lobster roll.
0:57.1	Listen, this lobster roll is reason alone to attend the US Open, it is so fucking good.
1:07.0	But other than stuffing my face with carbs and cheese,
1:11.0	I had a really lovely time with my mom. We had some great
1:14.7	conversations and laughs and I love my mom so very much and I just cherish the
1:20.8	times you know where I get to spend quality time with her.
1:24.0	Moving along here, today, we are diving deep into step one of the ACA program.
1:32.0	We admitted we were powerless over the effects of alcoholism or
1:35.0	other family dysfunction and that our lives had become unmanageable. Now we've
1:40.8	talked about the ACA program throughout the podcast so it is the 12-step program for adult children, adult children of alcoholics and dysfunctional families.
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