The Solution to Inner Child Wounding in the ACA 12-Step Program (Adult Children of Alcoholics / Dysfunctional Families) IS to become your own Loving Parent. This Guidebook explores, in practical terms, how to build this healing resource into our life.

The book provides guidance on creating the conditions to reclaim our HEALTHY Inner Child by parenting ourself with gentleness, humor, love & respect. We can apply everything we learn in it to general parenting, interacting with our children, & with other adults. When we befriend ourself, we’re more easily a friend to others.

The book is structured to help you access the love you already have inside, by growing the awareness & skills needed to become your own loving parent :
❤︎  In Chapters 1-9, “Laying a Foundation for Reparenting”, you’ll identify & connect with your inner family & awaken your loving parent

❤︎ Chapters 10-16, “Deepening Your Reparenting Skills” helps you increase your reparenting skills to protect, nurture, support, & guide your inner family

❤︎ In Chapters 17-21, “Nurturing a Loving Inner Home”, you’ll connect more deeply with your inner family to build a loving inner home.

❤︎ Chapter 22, “Reparenting as a Way of Life”  concludes the book with an example of how to approach reparenting as a way of life.

This guide includes many fellowship shares about reparenting & Inner Child work. To help integrate reparenting into your daily life, the guide also includes:
❥ Exercises, questions for reflection, & guided practices
❥ Sample loving parent messages
❥ Images by the Guidebook’s artist team for you to color
❥ A guide for meetings, study groups, &/or one-on-one sharing with a fellow traveler/sponsor.

Bonus Resources Page: https://adultchildren.org/literature/loving-parent-guidebook/