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AA  Acronyms

 AA = Absolute Abstinence
AA = Adventurers Anonymous
AA = Altered
Attitudes
AA = Altruistic Action
AA = Attitude Adjustment
AA's-R-US
= Alcoholics Anonymous Recovery Unity Service
ABC = Acceptance, Belief,
Change
ACTION = Any Change Toward Improving One's Nature
ACTION = Any
Change To Improve Our Natures
ADDICT = Anybody Doing Drugs In Compulsive
Trouble
AFGE = Another F****** Growth Experience
AIDS = Active In
Dangerous Sex
AIDS = Addicts Injecting Dirty Syringes
ALCOHOLICS = A
Life Centered On Helping Others Live In Complete Sobriety
ANONYMOUS =
Actions Not Our Names Yield Maintenance Of Unity & Service
ANGER = A No
Good Energy Rising
ASK = Ass-Saving Kit
BAR = Beware Alcohol, Run

BAR = Beware Alcoholic Ruin
BIG BOOK = Believing In God Beats Our Old
Knowledge
BS = Before Sobriety
BUT = Being Unconvinced Totally
CALM
= Can Anger Leave Me
CARE = Comforting And Reassuring Each Other
CHANGE
= Choosing Honesty Allows New Growth Everyday
CIA = Catholic Irish Alcoholic

CLEAN = Completely Leaving Every Addiction Now!
COURAGE = 'Cause of
Using Recovery's A Great Effort
CRAP = Carry Resentments Against People

DEAD = Drinking Ends All Dreams
DENIAL = Don't Even Notice I Am Lying

DENIAL = Don't Even Notice It's A Lie
DETACH = Don't Even Think About
Changing Him/Her
DT'S = Don't Think Shit
DUES = Desperately Using
Everything but Sobriety
EDI not DIE = Easy Does It not Does It Easy
EGO
= Easing God Out
EGO = Edging God Out
FAILURE = Fearful, Arrogant,
Insecure, Lonely, Uncertain, Resentful, Empty
FAITH = Fear Ain't In This
House
FAITH = Facing An Inner Truth Heals
FAITH = For An Instant Trust
Him
FAITH = Fantastic Adventure In Trusting Him
FAITH = Fear And
Insecurity? Trust Him!
FAMILY = Father And Mother I Love You
FEAR =
Failure Expected And Received
FEAR = False Evidence Appearing Real
FEAR
= False Expectations Appearing Real
FEAR = Feelings Expressed Allows Relief

FEAR = Feelings Every Alcoholic Rejects
FEAR = Fighting Ego Against
Reality
FEAR = Forget Everything and Run
FEAR = F--k Everything and Run!

FEAR = Face Everything and Recover!
FEAR = Forgetting Everything's All
Right
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 =
Feeling Insecure Neurotic & Emotional
FINE = Frustrated, Insecure,
Neurotic & Emotional
FINE = F--cked, Insecure, Neurotic & Emotional

FOG = Fear Of God
F_CKED = Feeling Useless 'Cause I'm Kicking Every Drug

GAYS = Go Ask Your Sponsor
GIFT = God Is Forever There
GIFTS =
Getting It From The Steps
GOD = Good Orderly Direction
GOD = Get Out
Devil
GOD = Go On Dreaming
GOD = Group Of Drunks
GOD = Group Of Drug
Addicts
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
HEART = Healing Enjoying And Recovering Together

HELP = His Ever Loving Presence
HELP = Her Ever Loving Presence
HELP
= Hope, Encouragement, Love and Patience
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
ISM = I Sponsor
Myself
KISS = Keep It Simple, Stupid
KISS = Keep It Simple, Sugar

KISS = Keep It Simple, Sweetheart
KISS = Keeping It Simple, Spiritually

LET GO = Leave Everything To God, Okay?
LOVE = Living Our Victories
Everyday
MMM = Meetings, Meditation and Masturbation (recommended for the
first year)
NEW = Nothing Else Worked
NOW = No Other Way
NOWHERE or
NOW HERE
NUTS = Not Using The Steps
OUR = Openly Using Recovery
PACE
= Positive Attitudes Change Everything
PAID = Pitiful And Incomprehensible
Demoralization
PAIN = Pause And Invite New
PHD = Pretty Heavy Drinker

PMS = Poor Me Syndrome
PMS = Pour More Scotch
PRIDE = Personal
Recovery Involves Defeating Ego
PROGRAM = People Relying on God Relaying a
Message
RAGE = Real Angry Gut-level Ego
RELAPSE = Recovery Exits Life
And Program Seem Empty
RELATIONSHIP = Really Exciting Love Affair Turns Into
Outrageous Nightmare Sobriety Hangs In Peril
RID = Restless, Irritable and
Discontented
RUN + I = RUIN
RUIN - I = RUN (let God run the show 'cause
I ruin everything)
SASTO = Some Are Sicker Than Others
SHIT = Simply How
I'm Thinking
SLIP = Sobriety Loses Its Priority
SOB = Sober Old Bag

SOB = Sober Old Bastard
SOB = Sober Old Biker
SOB = Sober Old Bitch

SOBER = Staying Off Booze Enjoying Recovery
SOBER = Son Of A Bitch,
Everything's Real
SOBRIETY = Stay Off Booze Recovery Is Everything To You

SOLUTIONS = Saving Our Lives Using The Inventory Of Needed Steps
SPONSOR
= Sober Person Offering Newcomers Suggestions On Recovery
STAR = Start
Talking About Recovery
STEPS = Solutions To Every Problem in Sobriety

STEPS = Solutions To Every Problem, Sober
STOP = Sicker Than Other
People
STOP = Sicker Than Others Patrol
TIME = Things I Must Earn

TIME = This I Must Earn
TRUST = Try Relying Upon The Steps
WASP =
Worry Anger Self Pity
WILLING = When I Live Live, I Need God
WISDOM =
When Into Self, Discover Our Motives
WILLING = When I (Let Go & Let God)
(Live & Let Live) I Normally Grow
WORK = What Our Recovery Knows

WORRY = Wrong Or Right Remain Yourself
YET = You're Eligible Too
YET
= You'll End Up There



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252 AA  Slogans

 easy does it
first things first
live and let live
but for the grace of god
think......think.......think
one day at time
let go and let god
kiss---keep it simple stupid
act as if.........
this too
shall pass
expect miracles
i can't .........he can..........i think i'll
let him (steps 1,2,3)
if it works.........don't fix it
keep coming
back..........it works if you work it
stick with the winners
keep right
size
sobriety is a journey ..........not a destination
faith without works is dead
poor me.....poor me............pour me another drink
to thine own self be true
I came; I came to; I came to believe (steps 1,2,3)

live in the NOW
if god seems far away, who moved ?
turn it over

aa=altered attitudes
nothing is so bad, a drink won't make it worse

we are only as sick as our secrets
there are no coincidences in aa

be part of the solution,not the problem
sponsors: have one-----use
one-----be one
I can't handle it god; you take over
keep an open mind

it works -------it really does ! (page 88,line 8 in the big book)

willingness is the key
more will be revealed
you will intuitively
know
you will be amazed
no pain.........no gain
go for it
keep
the plug in the jug
do it sober
let it begin with me
just for today

sober `n` crazy
pass it on
it's in the book
you either
is-------or you ain't
before you say: i can't ............say i'll try

don't quit 5 minutes before the miracle happens
some of us our sicker
than others
we're all here because we're not all there
alcoholism is an
equal opportunity destroyer
practice an attitude of gratitude
the road
to sobriety is a simple journey for confused people with a
complicated
disease
another friend of bill w.'s
god is never late
have a good day unless of course
u have made other plans
decisions aren't forever
it takes time
90 meetings in 90 days.........90/90
you are not alone

where you go .......there you are
don't drink,read the big book,and go
to meetings
use the 24-hour plan
make use of the telephone therapy

stay sober for yourself
look for similarities rather than differences

remember your last drunk
remember that alcoholism is
incurable,progressive, and fatal
try not place conditions on your sobriety

when all else fails, follow directions
count your blessings
share your happiness
respect the anonymity of others
share your pain
let go of old ideas
try to replace guilt with gratitude
what goes around, comes around
change is a process, not an event
take the cotton out of your ears
and put it in your mouth
call your sponsor before, not after,
you take the first drink
sick and tired of being sick and tired
it's the first drink that gets you drunk
to keep it, you have to give it away

man's extremity is god's opportunity
the price for serenity and sanity
is self-sacrifice
one alcoholic talking to another...........one equals one

take what you can use and leave the rest
what if........
yeah
but.........
if only.........
help is only a phone call away
around
aa or in aa ?
you can't give away what you don't have
one drink is too many and thousand not enough
keep coming back---kcb
anger is but one
letter away from danger
courage to change
easy does it,but do it

bring the body and the mind will follow
accept your admission

remember when............
dry and tighten up (financially)
we AAs
are 'gifted' people
there are 12 steps in the ladder of complete sobriety

fear is the darkroom where negatives are developed
before engaging your
mouth,put your mind in gear!
i want what i want when i want it
there is
no chemical solution to a spiritual problem
aa is not something you
join,it's a way of life
we can be positive that our drinking was negative

spirituality is the ability to get our minds off ourselves
faith is
spelled ...............a-c-t-i-o-n
backsliding begins when knee-bending
stops
if i think,i won't drink. if i drink,i can't think
bend your knees
before you bend your elbow
the first step in overcoming mistakes is to admit
them
formula for failure: try to please everyone
sorrow is looking
back,worry is looking around
willpower= our will-ingness to use a higher
power
aa is an education without graduation
when your head begins to
swell your mind stops growing
a journey of a 1,000 miles begins with the
first step
god=good orderly direction
be as enthusiastic about aa as you
were about your drinking
you received without cost,now give without charge

humility is our acceptance of ourselves
trying to pray is praying

get it ---give it---grow in it
faith is not belief without proof but
trust without reservation
we're responsible for the effort not the outcome

this is a selfish program
ego=edge god out
keep your sobriety first
to make it last
i drank: too much---too often---too long
aa will work if
you want it to work
minds are like parachutes----they won't work unless
they're open
what you hear and see here,stays here
alcoholism is the
only disease that tells you you're all right
if you turn it over and don't
let go of it,you will be upside down.
an aa meeting is where losers get
together to talk about their
winnings
aa is a school in which we are all
learners and all teachers
god taught us to laugh again but god please don't
let us forget that
we once cried
serenity is not freedom from the storm
but peace amid the storm
aa may not solve all your problems but it is
willing to share them
it isn't the load that weighs us down------it's the
way we carry it
principles before personalities
when u do all the
talking you only learn what you already know
the 7t's ---take time to think
the thing through
there are none too dumb for the aa program but many are
too smart
we all have another drunk left in us but we don't know if we
have
another recovery in us
to be forgiven we must forgive
when we
surrender to our higher power, the journey begins
the person with the most
sobriety at a meeting is the one who got up
earliest that morning

knowledge of the answers never made anyone slip---it was failing
to
practice the answers known
h.a.l.t.=don't get too hungry(h).......or
too angry(a)......or too
lonely(l) ........or too tire(t)
fear stands for
Frustration


Ego,
Anxiety,
Resentment
the 12 steps tell us how it works; the 12
traditions tell us why it
works.........
aa won't ...........keep you from going to hell.............nor is it
a ticket to heaven............but it
will...........keep u sober long
enough.........for you to make up your
mind...............which way
you want to go!
if faith without works is
dead; then .........willingness without
action is fantasy
when a person
tries to control their drinking they have already lost
control
the task
ahead of us is never as great as the power behind us
seven days without an
aa meeting makes one WEAK
you are not required to like it, you're only
required to DO IT
when wallowing in your self-pity ...... get off the cross
we need the
wood
we in aa don't carry the alcoholic; we carry the message

the results are in god's hand
we are not human beings having spiritual experiences; we are spiritual
beings having human experiences
remember
nothing is going to happen today that you and god can't
handle
when man
listens,god speaks; when man obeys,god works
don't watch the slippers but
watch those who don't slip closely and
watch them go through difficulties and
pull through
the 3 t's of gratitude to repay aa for our sobriety: our time,
our
talent, our treasure
it's a pity we can't forget our troubles the
same way we forget our
blessings
be careful what you pray for; you're
liable to get it
the time to attend a meeting is when you least feel like
going
work the program from the waist up
aa is the highest priced club
in the world.........if u have paid the
dues, why not enjoy the benefits ?

the first step is the only step a person can work perfectly
the will of
god will never take you where the grace of god will not
protect you
your
big book is your sponsor too
aa never opened the gates of heaven to let me
in, aa did open the
gates of hell to let me out
the only thing we take
from this world when we leave is what we gave
away
time wasted in getting
even can never be used in getting ahead
some people are so successful in aa
that they turn out to be almost as
good as they used to think they were when
they were drinking
sobriety delivers everything alcohol promised

possibilities and miracles are one in the same
get out of the driver's
seat.......let go and let god
how==honesty,open-mindedness,and willingness

danger sign: when your eyes have wandered from the alcoholics who
still
suffers and needs help-----to the faults of those whom the
program has
already helped
first we stayed sober because we have to............
then
we stay sober because we are willing to..........
finally we stay sober
because we want to.............


slogans are wisdom written in shorthand
active alcoholics don't have
relationships; they take hostages
everyday is a gift that is why we call it
the present
if you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't
lead
anywhere
every recovery from alcoholism began with one sober hour

each and every alcoholic----sober or not----teaches us some
valuable
lessons about ourselves and recovery
we had to quit playing god

don't compare---identify
don't intellectualize----utilize
RULE
62----don't take yourself so damn seriously!!!!!!!
aa has a wrench to fit
every nut that walks through a meeting room
door
living in the here and
now
how does one become an old-timer ? don't drink and don't die!
aa
spoils your drinking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
faith is our
greatest gift; its sharing with others our greatest
responsibility
if you
want to drink-----that is your business
if you want to quit-------that is aa
's business
in a bar, we got sympathy-----as long as our money lasted.
in
aa,we get understanding------for nothing!
even my worst day in sobriety is
better than my best day drunk
the elevator is broken-------use the steps

let it begin with me
when all else fails.........the directions are in
the big book
trust god.........clean house........help others
anonymity
is so important it's half of our name
if we don't grow,we gotta go
all
you need to start your own aa meeting is a resentment and a coffee
pot!!

religion is for those who fear god.........spirituality is for those
who
have been to hell and back
there are no atheists in foxholes
three
suggestions for making an aa speech:
1).BE INTERESTING
2).BE
BRIEF
3).BE SEATED


when you are a sponsor, you get out of yourself. if i serve, i will
be
served
why recovery never ends: the disease is alcoholISm, not
alcoholWASM!
the aa way of life is meant to be bread for daily use, not cake
for
special occasions
the smartest thing an aa member can say is, help me

you are exactly where god wants you to be
god will never give you more
than you can handle
slow but sure
in aa we say a coincidence is a
miracle in which god chooses to
remain anonymous
it takes the good and
bad aa meeting----the good and bad aa talk
-----to make this fellowship work

give time .......time
faith is a lighted doorway,but trust is a dark
hall
the lesson i must learn is simply that my control is limited to my
own
behavior,my own attitudes
the aa paradoxes:
---from
weakness(adversity) comes strength
---we forgive to be forgiven
---we give
it away to keep it
---we suffer to get well
---we surrender to
win
---we die to live
---from darkness comes light
---from dependence
we found independence


aa works for people who believe in god
aa works for people who don't
believe in god
aa NEVER works for people who believe they ARE god
just
for today i will try to live through this day only,and not tackle
my whole
life problems at once. i can do something for 12 hours that
would appall me
if i felt that i had to keep it up for a LIFETIME
there are two days in
every week which we have no control
over----yesterday and tomorrow.today is
the only day we can change.
it is not the experience if today that drives
people mad----it is the
remorse or bitterness for something which happened
yesterday and the
dread of what tomorrow may bring.
slippers in aa use
the rdp---revolving door policy
pain is the touchstone of spiritual growth

god has no grand kids
there is a god and i am not it
the road to
disappointment (resentment) is paved with expectation
be nice to newcomers
.........one day they may be your sponsor
denial is not a river in egypt !

guilt is the gift that keeps on giving
the flip side to forgiveness is
resentments
there is no magic in recovery only miracles
fear is the
absences of faith
courage is faith that has said its prayers
depression
is anger toward inward
alcoholics heal from the outside in.........but feel
from the
insideout
3 A's in aa-----affection
(thoughtfulness)
-----attention (listening)
-----appreciation
(gratitude)


if it is meant to be...........i can't stop it
if it isn't god's will
............i can't make it happen


there are aa members who MAKE things happen
there are aa members who WATCH
things happen
there are aa members who DON'T KNOW anything happen
WHICH
ARE YOU ??????

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