Recovery
Acronyms
AA
= Absolute Abstinence
AA
= Adventurers Anonymous
A
A = Accountable Actions
A
A = Achieve Anything
AA
= Altered Attitudes
AA
= Altruistic action
AA
= Attitude Adjustment
ABC
= Acceptance, Belief, Change
ABC
= Ashtrays, Broom, Coffee
ABC
= Ashtrays, Broom, Chairs
ACTION
= Any Change Toward Improving One's Nature
ALCOHOLICS
= A Life Centered On Helping Others Live In Complete Sobriety
A
N G E R = A Negative Grudge Endangers Recovery
ANONYMOUS
= Actions Not Our Names Yield Maintenance Of Unity and Service
ASK
= Ass-Saving Kit
BAR
= Beware Alcohol, Run
BAR
= Beware Alcoholic Ruin
BIG
BOOK = Believing In God Beats Our Old Knowledge
DEAD
= Drinking Ends All Dreams
DENIAL
= Don't Even Notice I Am Lying
DETACH
= Don't Even Think About Changing Him/Her
DUES
= Desperately Using Everything but Sobriety
EGO
= Easing God Out
EGO
= Edging God Out
FAILURE
= Fearful, Arrogant, Insecure, Lonely, Uncertain, Resentful,
Empty
FAITH
= Fear Ain't In This House
FEAR
= Few Ever Arrive Rejoicing
FEAR
= Failure Expected And Received
FEAR
= False Evidence Appearing Real
FEAR
= False Expectations Appearing Real
FEAR
= Fear Expressed Allows Relief
FEAR
= Feelings Every Alcoholic Rejects
FEAR
= Fighting Ego Against Reality
FEAR
= Forget Everything and Run (polite version)
FEAR
= Fuck Everything and Run! (not recommended--it's what we used to
do)
FEAR
= Face Everything and Recover! (definitely recommended)
FEAR
= Forgetting Everything's All Right (not really!)
FEAR
= Frantic Effort to Appear Real
FEAR
= Frantic Efforts to Appear Recovered
FINE
= Faithful, Involved, kNowledgeable and Experienced
FINE
= Feeling Insecure, Numb and Empty
FINE
= Frantic, Insane, Nuts and Egotistical
FINE
= Freaked out, Insecure, Neurotic and Emotional
FINE
= Frustrated, Insecure, Neurotic and Emotional
F
I T = Faith, Intuition, Trust
GAYS
= Go Ask Your Sponsor
GIFT
= God Is Forever There
GOD
= Good Orderly Direction
GOD
= Group of Drunks
GOYA
= Get Off Your Ass
GUT
= God's Undeniable Truths
HALT
= Honestly, Actively, Lovingly Tolerant
HALT
= Hope, Acceptance, Love and Tolerance
HALT
= Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired: Fix these situations before you
make any decisions.
HALT
= Horny, Arrogant, Lazy and Tragic: if you're any one of these,
get to a meeting!
HALTS
= Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired and Stupid
HALTS
FEAR = Hope, Acceptance, Love and Tolerance Stops Forgetting that
Everything's All Right
HELP
= His Ever Loving Presence
H
O P E = Helping Other People Every day
HELP
= Her Ever Loving Presence
HELP
= Hope, Encouragement, Love and Patience
H
J F = Happy, Joyous, Free
HOPE
= Happy Our Program Exists
HOPE
= Hearing Other Peoples' Experience
HOPE
= Hang On! Peace Exists...
HOW
= Honesty, Open-mindedness, Willingness: that's how we do it
HOW
= Honest, Open-minded and Willing
ISM
= I, Self, Me
ISM
= Incredibly Short Memory
ISM
= InSide Me
ISM
= I Sabotage Myself
KISS
= Keep It Simple, Stupid
KISS
= Keep It Simple, Sugar
KISS
= Keep It Simple, Sweetheart
KISS
= Keeping It Simple, Spiritually
MMM
= Meetings, Meditation and Masturbation (recommended for the first
year)
NUTS
= Not Using The Steps
OUR
= Openly Using Recovery
PACE
= Positive Attitudes Change Everything
PAID
= Pitiful And Incomprehensible Demoralization
PMS
= Poor Me Syndrome
PMS
= Pour More Scotch
PROGRAM
= People Relying on God Relaying a Message
RELATIONSHIP
= Real Exciting Love Affair Turns Into Outrageous
Nightmare, Sobriety Hangs In Peril
RID
= Restless, Irritable and Discontented
SLIP
= Sobriety Loses Its Priority
SOB
= Sober Old Bag
SOB
= Sober Old Bastard
SOB
= Sober Old Biker
SOBER
= Son Of A Basket, Everything's Real
SPONSOR
= Sober Person Offering Newcomers Suggestions On Recovery
STEPS
= Solutions To Every Problem in Sobriety
STEPS
= Solutions To Every Problem, Sober
STOP
= Sicker Than Other People
T
E A M = Together Everyone Achieves More
T
H I N K = Thoughtful, Honest, Intelligent, Necessary, Kind
TIME
= Things I Must Earn
T
R U S T = Try Relying Upon Steps and Traditions
WILLING
= When I Live Life, I Need God
Y
A N A = You Are Not Alone
YET
= You're Eligible Too