Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACA) was founded on the belief that family dysfunction is a disease that infected us as children and affects us as adults. Our membership also includes adults from homes where alcohol or drugs were not present, however, abuse, neglect and/or unhealthy behaviors where Adult Children attempt to meet the demands of life using survival techniques we learned as children. As such, we unknowingly operate with ineffective thoughts and judgments that can sabotage our decisions and relationships.