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About this meeting
Being Your Own Loving Parent, often shortened to BYOLP, runs online every Sunday at 10am, UK and Ireland time, and centres on Adult Children of Alcoholics' concept of reparenting: learning as an adult to give yourself the consistency, patience and care that a childhood shaped by a parent's drinking or other family dysfunction may not have provided. Sessions typically draw on ACA literature about the loving parent concept as a starting point for members' own reflections. It is an open meeting, so friends, family members and professionals interested in the fellowship are welcome to listen in alongside those doing the reparenting work themselves. Newcomers can attend without speaking on their first visit.
Common questions
What does 'being your own loving parent' mean?
It is Adult Children of Alcoholics' concept of reparenting, learning as an adult to offer yourself the care and consistency that may have been missing in a childhood shaped by a parent's drinking or family dysfunction.
Do I need to know the concept already to join?
No, sessions introduce the idea through ACA literature, so newcomers can follow along without prior knowledge.
Is there a cost 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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