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THE LAUNDRY LISTS WORKBOOK Integrating Our Laundry List Traits for Adult Children of Alcoholics / Dysfunctional Families by Adult Children of Alcoholics World Service Organization
The Workbook expands the brief description of the "Other" or Opposite Laundry List (BRB, p. 8). It contains concise questions to guide the recovering adult child in reliving actual episodes that produced feelings of inferiority, shame, guilt, and anger (emotional intoxication). This workbook outlines a recovery process for healing the injury and conflict caused by childhood trauma and its continued reenactment, and for withdrawing from emotional intoxication.
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179 pages, Spiral-bound
Published January 1, 2015
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March 17, 2023
Read, worked, but still not cured.
In my experience, this workbook, while worthwhile, is more repetitive and less revolutionary than the ACA steps workbook. This workbook is fairly new and it is significantly less polished than the steps workbook. Some questions are awkwardly phrased while others seem to have no direct bearing on the trait (or seem more appropriate to another version of the trait). While useful to measure progress, there are also too many “which ACA tools helped you…” and “which ACA promises are coming true” type questions.
IMNSHO this, like the step workbook, is best done together with a group of 4-6 fellow travelers with regularly scheduled meetings to report answers.
In my experience, this workbook, while worthwhile, is more repetitive and less revolutionary than the ACA steps workbook. This workbook is fairly new and it is significantly less polished than the steps workbook. Some questions are awkwardly phrased while others seem to have no direct bearing on the trait (or seem more appropriate to another version of the trait). While useful to measure progress, there are also too many “which ACA tools helped you…” and “which ACA promises are coming true” type questions.
IMNSHO this, like the step workbook, is best done together with a group of 4-6 fellow travelers with regularly scheduled meetings to report answers.
September 9, 2020
I found this workbook extremely helpful working though dysfunction in a in our ACoA weekly trait meetings.
I thought it was roughly written for an individual resource.
Each trait felt like it was written by a different person/group. The questions were open ended, which is good, though at times it wasn't clear what was being asked until further into the questions. In some cases the 4 aspects of the chapter seemed at odds to the questions.
Would have been great if the different chapters had more references to external reading in the BRB or Yellow book and consistency.
Better in a group setting.
Be honest, open and willing.
You get what you put into it.
I thought it was roughly written for an individual resource.
Each trait felt like it was written by a different person/group. The questions were open ended, which is good, though at times it wasn't clear what was being asked until further into the questions. In some cases the 4 aspects of the chapter seemed at odds to the questions.
Would have been great if the different chapters had more references to external reading in the BRB or Yellow book and consistency.
Better in a group setting.
Be honest, open and willing.
You get what you put into it.
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