Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs): Blog by @LinniewaGC. “I have made no secret of the fact that I grew up with an alcoholic father. This means that the entire family, yes, including the extended family, was a maze of enabling behaviors. 1/28 #Justice4Humanity

My childhood was almost entirely lost to this phenomena – which makes me very attentive when someone mentions ACEs. Angi @angiyo58 on Twitter spoke on ACEs severally and after a while, I had to stop and pay attention. 2/28

ACEs

•WHO have I become because my father was an alcoholic?
•WHAT do I do or feel that is a direct effect of the family’s dynamics?
•WHY did I react different compared to my siblings and other relatives?
•WHERE in me does it hurt the most? 3/28

•HOW am I growing and healing as I work on myself in awareness?

I work hard at not pinning my identity on the ACEs I experienced, while at the same time taking stock of what happened and how it has affected me. 4/28

Have ever heard about ACEs – Adverse Childhood Experiences? Below, can you identify the ACEs I may have experienced in relation to dad’s alcoholism and the dysfunction surrounding that? 5/28