My name is Trish and I am an adult child of alcoholics
2004-08-26 at 3:10 p.m.

SO today I went to a therapist. I was sitting there on her not so comfortable couch telling her my life story. I only choked up when I talked about my bunny kitty. In 50 mintues she learned more about me that anyone could. She then recapped what I told her and I was utterly depressed. She suggested I read Adult Children of ALcoholics. When I got back to the office I looked it up online and was dumb-founded. Every trait, every behaviour, everything there...that's ME! I have spent the afternoon reading posts from ACOA groups and I don't feel so alone. I cannot believe there are other people out there that have experienced or are experiencing the same things. Here I thought I was just losing my mind because I oculdn't 'fix' myself.

It is nice to know that I will now be able to work toward recovering from something, instead of trying to recover from the unknown. It will make the journey that much easier!