- Welcome to Adult Children of Alcoholics and other dysfunctional families Victoria A DEFINITION OF OUR PROGRAM ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS is a spiritual program based in 12-Steps and 12-Traditions offering a day at a time recovery from compulsive patterns rooted in childhood, the results of growing up in alcoholic or dysfunctional families. We recover by using the 12-Steps as tools to reparent ...home.vicnet.net.au/~acoa