The Flip Side of The Laundry List Trait 3: We are not automatically frightened by angry people and no longer regard personal criticism as a threat.
Reading assignment for Trait Three:
Laundry Lists Workbook: Pages 22 and 23.
This week’s study questions are found on pages 27 and 28 of the Laundry Lists Workbook under the heading “Trait 3 Reflections: The Flip Side of The Laundry List”:
- Describe ways you’ve grown not to be automatically frightened by angry people.
- Describe ways you’ve grown not to automatically regard personal criticism as a threat.
- Can you identify times you are feeling your feelings around this trait rather than “dosing” yourself to numb and avoid those fears?
- List the ACA Steps and/or ACA Traditions and/or other program tools you have found that help support a true perspective of personal criticism and angry people. {Moderator’s note: the ACA Tools of Discovery/Recovery include the Steps and Traditions, the Problem and Solution, Meetings, Reading and Writing, the Telephone, Sponsorship, and Service. The ACA Steps are viewable online at https://adultchildren.org/literature/steps/, and the Traditions at https://adultchildren.org/literature/traditions/}
- Describe an example of an improved relationship you’ve experienced due to not being afraid of that person.
- Describe a group or a type of person with whom your comfort level has improved, where in times past you would have been uncomfortable.
- Describe an experience when you were personally criticized and you could tell that you had changed due to your ACA recovery.
- Which ACA Promise or Promises do you see that are coming true as you see your progress in relation to this? {Moderator’s note: the Promises are viewable online at https://adultchildren.org/literature/promises/ )
ACA Workbook Study 