This is a 9'40" video-version of a presentation I gave to my AACA group. 'AACA' stands for Al-Anon Adult Children of Alcoholics.
My mom was an alcoholic from when I was born, and my dad was a wif...
This is a 9'40" video-version of a presentation I gave to my AACA group. 'AACA' stands for Al-Anon Adult Children of Alcoholics.
My mom was an alcoholic from when I was born, and my dad was a wife-beater and a weekend-drunk.
I've made the video to share the four roles adult children of abuse tend to take on, and to publicise the 13 characteristics that most of us tend to have.
It's released under a Creative Commons 'Non-Commercial, Attribution, Share-Alike' license. So please feel free to download it and hand it on to people who might need to know they're not alone.
Here are the details of the musicians whose work I've been privileged to include on the video. It's all licensed under the same Creative Commons license I use, and I'm deeply grateful for that...
o 'Lazy Sunday Morning', 'The Lonesome Death of Jonas Grumby', 'Shunned', 'Timestream Station' by Derek R Audette. Download from http://DerekAudette.OttawaArts.Com
Most of the photos that didn't come out of the family album are from stock.xchng at http://www.sxc.hu
(I'm afraid I don't recall the photographers. None of them require attribution in their Creative Commons licensing, so I simply saved them. I regret that. I'd prefer to acknowledge them. If you recognise any of the pics, please lemme know, and I'll pop the names in here.)
I apologise in advance for the poor microphone quality. I've done my best to clean up the audio, and the music certainly does aid in that process. But the mic problems were entirely my own... I had the input volume up way too high, so I was unaware that I was saturating the mic. Dammit.
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How did/can you know/do all this. Remarkable to Bravo... You are so strong. I'm 44 and always known I was abused sexually/mentally/phy, you name it. It's hard, I've always been fine, and now at 44 I am not.... your brillant. thank you!
Roy, Thank you so much for you very useful and informative video. I am a new comer to this information and the Al-anon program.. The problem I was at the time in the USA; where all the ACA characteristics were the same as ADA and BI Polar which meant of course, pills, pills and more pills. I am just starting my ACA recovery and I am both excited and extremely frighten. Thanks for you help. Vince
How can you not like this video, it was very well done. I've seen it first hand, and also i wish that i could make a relationship last, or have fun....I think the key is to give yourself time, and heal....be alone for awhile surrounded by good people....and soon enough maybe we all can live a active enjoyable lifestyle.. Thank you.. Crystal
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Thank you so much for you very useful and informative video. I am a new comer to this information and the Al-anon program.. The problem I was at the time in the USA; where all the ACA characteristics were the same as ADA and BI Polar which meant of course, pills, pills and more pills.
I am just starting my ACA recovery and I am both excited and extremely frighten. Thanks for you help.
Vince
Crystal
Thank you for posting this video, truly hits home.