Meditation, Relaxation And Stress Reduction

Click Here For The Free Meditation Download- First Step (guided Meditation)- Gary Guthrie

Whether you are seeking "through prayer and meditation to improve your conscious contact with God" or just need to relax, this guided meditation is currently available as a free download from Amazon.com. It is called "First Step" but for Adult Children Of Alcoholics it helps work Step 11.

A soothing female voice guides through relaxing your body and mind. It is 26 minutes long but you may find yourself in a different frame of mind after just a few minutes! You can download it to your computer and MP3 player and have it with you wherever you go.

Here's to staying grounded, centered, focused and relaxed. May only be available for a limited time.

Click Here For The Free Meditation Download- First Step (guided Meditation)- Gary Guthrie

Check out the Orange County ACA website at: Orange County Adult Children

Female ACOAs At Higher Risk

According to a recent US News & World Report, having an alcoholic parent, especially a mother, is more difficult for girls. A Yale University study found female adult children of alcoholic mothers at higher risk of developing psychiatric illness later in life than their male counterparts.

Study author Peter T. Morgan, an associate professor of psychiatry at Yale, said, "The key, new finding of this work is that the effect parental alcoholism has on children is different depending on the gender of the alcoholic parent and the gender of the child."

While all parental dysfunction has an effect on children of either gender, when it is specifically between a mother and daughter it seems to be even more damaging.

Check out the Orange County ACA website at: Orange County Adult Children