ACA WSO

Welcome to the ACA World Service Organization’s homepage.

This website supports the volunteer service structure of Adult Children of Alcoholics/Dysfunctional Families.

You can find monthly Teleconference agendas, committee reports and other tools to participate in ACA service. For resources to aid your personal ACA recovery, visit www.adultchildren.org.

To purchase ACA literature, visit our shopping cart at www.shop.adultchildren.org.

The 2019 Annual Business Conference (ABC) will be held in Malmö, Sweden on Thursday, April 25 – Friday, April 26, 2019.  followed by the 2019 ACA World Convention (AWC) on Saturday, April 27  – Sunday, April 28, 2019.  Click here for more details.

Delegates that will be participating in the ABC can get helpful information on the Delegate Training page.

You can get ABC 2019 voting information here.

Latest Fellowship News

The Traveler February 2019 Translated to Russian

Feb 17, 2019

The Russian-speaking Service Committee (RSC) translates WSO materials for the Russian-speaking audience. We have translated The Traveler's February'2019 issue to Russian This translation has been approved by the RSC and published on the official website of the...

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The Traveler – February 2019

Feb 6, 2019

Download the PDF                                                                                                                        Subscribe to The Traveler February 2019 2019 ABC/AWC News The 2019 ABC/AWC will be held in Malmö, Sweden. More information,...

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ELECTION OF NEW BOARD OFFICERS

Feb 1, 2019

The WSO Board has elected the following new Officers who will take office at the ABC in April: Chair - Charlie H. Vice Chair - David McB. Treasurer - Pat H. Secretary - Miles C. These individuals will assume their new roles at the end of the second day of the ABC in...

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2019 ABC BALLOT EMAIL CONTENT

Jan 17, 2019

The following information went out in an email to all properly registered ACA Meetings, Intergroups and the Greater Western USA Region.  This mailing was delayed by one day due to unforeseen circumstances.   January 16, 2019 Dear ACA Group Rep, In response to a...

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Literature Committee Quarterly Meeting January 5, 2019

Jan 3, 2019

Date: Saturday, January 5, 2019 Time: 11:30 am Eastern US Dial in information: 1-605-472-5624 Access Code 202308# Press *6 to mute or unmute A list of international dial in numbers is at the end of this report. Agenda 1) Open with Serenity Prayer 2) Guests...

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The Traveler – January 2019

Jan 3, 2019

Download the PDF                                                                                               Subscribe to The Traveler January 2019 Happy Birthday, ACA! Saturday January 26, 2019 The 2014 ABC passed motion abc_2014_23, making the last Saturday of the...

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Daily Meditation Email – Sign up Now!

Dec 31, 2018

WSO has added a daily email with the Meditation of the day from our book Strengthening our Recovery. You can find the sign up link at adultchildren.org. You need to sign up for this separately from the traveler...

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The Traveler – December 2018

Dec 8, 2018

Download the PDF                                                                                               Subscribe to The Traveler December 2018 2019 ABC/AWC News The 2019 ABC/AWC will be held in Malmö, Sweden. More information, including about registration, can...

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Where Does the Money Go?

Dec 2, 2018

Download the Flyer here [pdf-embedder url="https://acawso.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Where-does-the-money-go-flyer.pdf" title="Where does the money go...

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Virtual Subcommittee Meeting Agenda Oct 15, 2018

Oct 15, 2018

Monday, October 15, 2018 at 8pm Eastern.  Call 605-468-8845 access code 736545# Download the PDF here [pdf-embedder url="https://acawso.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Oct-2018-Virtual-Subcom-Agenda.pdf" title="Oct 2018 Virtual Subcom...

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New!! Download the ComLine

Oct 6, 2018

Download the latest issue of the ACA ComLine! This issue has shares about the Shame Train, the Recovery Pool, and more. We also invite all adult children to share their recovery experiences. For more information, see https://adultchildren.org/literature/comline/....

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The Traveler – October 2018

Oct 4, 2018

  Download the pdf                                                                                                   Subscribe to The Traveler October 2018 The latest ComLINE was just released!  Current and back issues can be downloaded from ACA ComLINE Web Page   WSO...

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Sponsorship Literature Development

Sep 13, 2018

Saturday, September 1 marked the first call for our Sponsorship Literature Development group. Barb N. is leading this group. The goals of this group are: to explore issues related to the mentoring and sponsorship of recovering adult children, to deliver a report and...

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Call for Proposals for 2019 ABC

Aug 11, 2018

An email with the following information was sent to all ACA group contacts on August 1st.  Please contact meetings@acawso.com if your group did not receive this email.   ABC Proposals Due November 30th Dear Fellow ACAs, You are receiving this email because you are...

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