ACA Disease Model

This model represents the disease of family dysfunction.  The model is a description of our condition and personality.  As children, we were affected in body, mind, and spirit by alcoholism or family dysfunction.

Our bodies stored the trauma, neglect, and rejection in the form of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. The Mind developed the Laundry List Traits or the false self to survive.  

The Inner Child, the true connection to our Higher Power, went into hiding. 

ACA recovery can reverse the process. 

Prediction factor: If you have any two of the three elements of the model, you have the other.

Example: Trauma/Neglects + 14 Traits= Hidden Inner Child