Ready Set GO!! has sessions now schedule through Feb 2022

Four sessions of Ready Set GO!! are now planned through February. For information on each session please click the links below.

Save the Date for our Fall Retreat – Postponed

Plans are underway for our Fall Retreat. We have decided that we won’t be gathering in person at this time. Please check the retreat page below for information as new plans are firmed up.The theme will be Recovering From Our Brokenness. More information is forthcoming. For up to date information please refer to the retreat web page on our website: https://westgreatlakesaca.org/retreat-recovering-from-our-brokeness-november-5-7-2021/

Save the Date for our 2021 Annual Conference

We are planning to meet in person for our 2021 West Great Lakes ACA Intergroup Annual Conference to be held this year on October 16, 2021. We’ll be meeting at Trinity International University in Deerfield, IL and all Adult Children of Alcoholics/Dysfunctional Families are welcome to attend. Planning is underway and as the details are firmed up you can see the latest and greatest information on the West Great Lakes ACA website at: https://westgreatlakesaca.org/2021-annual-conference-resources/

Woodstock ACA Group Celebrates 2nd Anniversary

The Woodstock Adult Children of Alcoholics group will be celebrating their second anniversary with Guest Speaker Rick Atwater MS LCPC of Northwest Community Counseling Center on July 21 at 7:00PM.

The meeting will be held in-person with a virtual option. You may attend in person at: Unity Spiritual Center of Woodstock, 225 W Calhoun Street, Woodstock, IL 60098.

To attend virually go to: https://join.freeconferencecall.com/renewedinside.

For additional information download the event flyer below

Download here

Woodstock-Adult-Children-of-Alcoholics-2

June 2021 Reparenting Retreat Audio has been published

The Audio for the June 26 Retreat “Reparenting Our Inner Loving Child” has been published. You will find the audio for Ellie W’s and Matt W’s talks as well as versions of Matt’s presentation. The video will be available soon. To listen/download the audio please click here: https://westgreatlakesaca.org/topics-on-reparenting-virtual-retreat-june-26/

JOIN US for a time of REPARENTING Our INNER LOVING CHILD

June 26 – from 12 Noon – 3 pm via ZOOM conferencing!

The Audio is now available for this Retreat. Please find two audio streams below. The first is Ellie W’s talk and the Second is Matt W. You can also find some versions of the presentation that Matt W Used

Reparenting Our Inner Loving Child – Ellie W
Reparenting Our Inner Loving Child – Matt W
https://westgreatlakesaca.org/wp-content/uploads/ACA-Zoom-Conf-6-26-21-1.pdf

Topics to include:

  • Nurturing your inner child
  • Emotional Maturity
  • Unifying the Self
  • Positive Self Talk
  • Understanding/Repairing your Story
  • Embracing Self-Love

Join Ellie W from Libertyville and Matt W from North Barrington ACA groups as they share their personal stories of ACA Experience, Strength and Hope as well as giving plenty of time for sharing and participation from attendees. See the linked flyer to get the call-in ID and Passcode. Can’t wait to see you there!

Click the picture above for a flyer with all the details. 

This has also been posted at the WSO website: here.

Intergroup Business Meeting on June 19

The West Great Lakes ACA Intergroup holds a monthly business meeting every month on the 3rd Saturday at 1:00 pm Central Time. That is on June 19th this month and we will be meeting using Zoom. Any ACA who attends meetings is welcome to join us and see/hear what is happening in the area. Each meeting is encouraged to appoint a representative to attend the meeting with voice and vote, but any meeting member in the area is welcome. If you are interested please send an email to secretary@wglaca.org requesting the connection information and we’ll send it back via email and then, stop in a see/hear what we’re up to.

Make Paypal Donations – Fee Free

Having the ability to make donations to the West Great Lakes ACA Intergroup (WGLACA) by credit card has made donating very convenient and the item on the right sidebar has provided a Donate button and, for you techies, a QR code for quite some time. These links provide a convenient way to donate to the Intergroup using a credit card. But what if you have a Paypal Account, isn’t it supposed to be Fee Free? Yes, it is but you may not know the “trick” to paying directly from your Paypal account and avoid the fees.

There are a couple of requirements:

  • You must have a paypal account.
  • The money you want to donate must be in the account. (You can transfer from your connected bank account and then donate)

If these two requirements are true then please check out these instructions and send your money through your Paypal account and avoid the fees.