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About this meeting
The ACA Boarding School Online Meeting runs every Sunday at 4pm, UK and Ireland time, for adults reflecting on the effects of being sent away to boarding school as children. Within Adult Children of Alcoholics, this experience is treated as its own form of family dysfunction, separate from a parent's drinking but shaping people in similar ways: through early separation, suppressed feelings and a learned self-reliance that can be hard to unpick later in life. Members share how boarding school affected their adult relationships and sense of self. It is an open meeting, so friends, family and professionals with an interest are welcome to listen alongside those with direct boarding school experience.
Common questions
Is boarding school really covered by Adult Children of Alcoholics?
Yes. ACA recognises boarding school as a form of family dysfunction in its own right, distinct from a parent's drinking, and this meeting focuses specifically on that experience.
Do I need to have attended boarding school myself to join?
The meeting centres on that experience, but as an open meeting, friends, family and professionals may also listen in.
Is there a charge to attend?
No, it is free with no booking. Joining details are on ACA's own meeting page.
Attending online
This meeting takes place online. The joining details are published on Adult Children of Alcoholics’s own page — always check there shortly before the meeting for the current link.
Get the joining detailsAll times UK & Ireland. We never publish meeting links or passcodes — the fellowship’s own page always has the current details.
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