Our Meeting

ACA, especially the SMR meeting, has transformed my life.
I can now see
The beautiful me
That was meant to be

This meeting has transformed my ACA recovery. The format is brilliant; it feels safe and the sharing is inspiring.

My parents told me to be careful who I associated with—you have to be selective about your friends.  I’m associating with you, people who really love themselves.  You are rubbing off on me. I love this fellowship.

SMR is my morning miracle. I make my cup of tea and share life changing work with all of you. I am blessed.

I’m amazed at how much I feel seen and heard in a meeting of close to 200 people only a few of whom I’ve met. It’s been a lifeline during Covid.

Being part of SMR in the morning centers me for that day. It helps to provide me with what I need to experience joy.

The daily presence of this safe space has allowed me to dive deep into my own journey and know that I have support and love in it all. The format and frequency really work for me and am beyond grateful for this community.

The support I receive here is why I keep coming back. I’m learning how to try even though I may feel afraid and that it is ok to ask for help and get the help I need.

I learned about recovery in my other 12 step program – for that I am ever grateful, yet after 30 years I yearned for a healing that I hadn’t yet uncovered. In ACA, I found the path to wholeness and love that I have sought for my entire life.

I found ACA after years of working other programs. ACA is the culmination of all the work I have done, and a clear path for the healing I still need to do. SMR helped me make peace with myself. With this new connection to fellow travellers, I am now finding hope.

Each meeting helps me take another step forward in my recovery journey.

Surprisingly, this meeting has become a home for me. This large, well structured meeting feels like a safe place to share my experience, understanding, and hope. I take everyone with me into my days.

I have years of recovery in other programs; however, this program is moving mountains
in my life.

ACA Senryu

recovery path
not to react but to act
that’s the solution

My go-to ACA meeting! So much recovery and wisdom here.

At my first share, when the host said “we’re listening” I knew I had a new family.

I thank my HP this meeting is every day.

What a gift to have found a community every morning where I am welcomed and listened to, and where I learn and grow from listening to others.

So grateful that yearning for emotional sobriety brought me into the rooms of ACA. I found ACA Morning and soon it became part of my daily routine…my life is completely different, yet nothing has changed but me.

Feeling as a fearful misfit in my childhood home, I sadly thought: “I MUST be adopted!” Now being in this diverse global community, I smile to myself and know “I AM adopted!” (by all of you, thanks!)

Coming to the SMR meeting is my daily dose
of self care.