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(Adult Children of Alcoholics ) (ACA or ACOA) is an organization that is intended to provide a forum to individuals who desire to recover from the (effects ) of growing up in an alcoholic or otherwise dysfunctional family. ACA membership has few formal requirements. ACA does not receive any outside economic contributions, but is self-supporting through (donations ) from its members. The organization is not related to any particular religion and has no political affiliation. (ACA World Service Organization ) published the ACA Fellowship Text (Steps and Traditions Book) in November 2006. Known as the (Big Red Book ), the ACA Text is a 646-page hardback book that outlines the (Problem ) and (Solution ) for recovering from the (effects ) of growing up in an alcoholic or otherwise dysfunctional family. ==History and growth== ACA (Adult Children of Alcoholics) started as "Post Teen" in Mineola, Long Island in 1973 and later changed its name to ACOA. It started in New York City, USA appr. 1978. Tony A. was among the founders. ACA is based on the 12 steps and 12 traditions of AA.〔(Adult Children of Alcoholics Support Groups: A valuable adjunct in treating clients ); Martin R. Smith, Gladys T. Patterson; 1992〕 The name is often ascribed to Janet G. Woititz (c. 1939 - June 7, 1994), an American psychologist and researcher best known for her writings and lectures about the adult children of alcoholic parents.,〔http://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/14/obituaries/janet-g-woititz-55-author-who-studied-alcoholics-children.html〕 Including the 1983 book, ''Adult Chilldren of Alcoholics''.〔https://books.google.nl/books?id=NlihAgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Adult+Children+of+Alcoholics&hl=en&sa=X&ei=MndvVZmxGYOO7AaQtoGYBg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Adult%20Children%20of%20Alcoholics&f=false〕 〔Saxon, Wolfgang. ("Janet G. Woititz, 55, Author Who Studied Alcoholics' Children" ), ''The New York Times'', June 14, 1994. Accessed October 10, 2013. "Dr. Janet G. Woititz, a best-selling author, lecturer and counselor to the troubled offspring of alcoholics, died last Thursday at her home in Roseland, N.J. She was 55."〕 "In November 1989, there were () more than 1,300 meetings registered with Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACA) ..." 〔"The ACOA marketplace" (Lily Collet: The pseudonym of a Mill Valley, California writer whose work has been published in the New Yorker, Mother Jones, The Washington Post, and elsewhere), The Family Therapy Networker (Editor: Richard Simon, PhD), January/February 1990, p31.〕 In appr. 2003 there were an estimated 40,000 members of ACA.〔Self-help organizations for alcohol and drug problems: Toward evidence-based practice and policy; Keith Humphreys et al; Journal of substance abuse treatment 26 (2004); 〕 Today there are about 1,300 groups in the whole world, about 779 of these in USA. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Adult Children of Alcoholics」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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