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.

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.

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

I thank my HP this meeting is every day.

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!)

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

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

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

ACA Senryu

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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