Some Common AA Acronyms:
This is not a comprehensive list. If you have one you want added, let me know
- Dayton
AA - Attitude Adjustment
ABC - Accept, Begin, & Continue
ACTION - A Change To Improve Our Nature
ASK - Ass-Saving Kit
BIGBOOK - Believing In God Beats Our Old Knowledge
CRAP - Carrying Resentments About People
DENIAL - Don't Even Know I Am Lying
DENIAL - Don't Even Notice I Am Lying
DETACH - Don't Even Think About Changing Him/Her
EGO - Edging God Out
END - Effort Never Dies
FAIL - First Attempt In Learning
FAITH - Follow Along In The Healing
FEAR - Face Everything And Recover
FEAR - Failure Expected - And Received
FEAR - Forget Everything And Run
FEAR - Face Everything And Rise
FEAR - False Events/Emotions Appearing Real
FEAR - F'ck Everything And Run
FINE - F'ck'd-Up, Insecure, Neurotic, & Egotistical
FINE - Frustrated, Insecure, Neurotic, & Emotional
GOD - Good Orderly Direction
GPS - God Positioning System
HALT - (Don't get too...) Hungry, Angry, Lonely, or Tired
HOPE - Happy Our Program Exists
HOPE - Humor, Optimism, Patience, & Effort
HOW - Honesty, Open-Mindedness, & Willingness
(Doing it backwards is: MOH - My Old Habits)
ISM - I See Myself / I Sponsor Myself / I, Self, & Me
KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid/Sweetheart
NO - Next Opportunity
NUTS - Not Using The Steps
ODAAT - One Day At A Time
PROGRAM - People Relying On God, Relaying A Message
QTIP - Quit Taking It Personally
RELATIONSHIP - Really Exciting Love Affair, Turns Into Outrageous Nightmare - Sobriety Hangs In Peril!
SICK - Spiritually Ill Can Kill / Spiritual Illness, Can Kill-us!
SLIP - Sobriety Lost It's Priority
SOBER - Step One Before Early Recovery
SPONSOR - Sober Person Offering Newcomers Suggestions On Recovery
STEPS - Solutions To Every Problem Sober
TEAM - Together Each Achieves More
THINK - (Is it...) Thoughtful, Honest, Intelligent, Necessary, & Kind?
TIME - Things I Must Earn
WAIT - Why Am I Talking?
WAIST - Why Am I Still Talking?
YET - You're Eligible Too