Alconyms
A friend of mine calls them Alconyms . . . . most of us have heard them, they often put things into perspective for us, or give us another way to look at something, sometimes we just think they’re cute. Here’s a list of some of the ones that I have collected over the years.
AA
Achieve Anything
Adventurers Anonymous
Alkie’s Answer
Altered Attitudes
Always Awesome
Among Angels
Applying Action
Asshole’s Admitted
Attitude Adjustment
Altruistic Action
Absolute Abstinence
Awesome Alkies
ABC
Acceptance, Belief, Change
Ashtrays, brooms, coffee
ACTION Any Change To Improve Our Nature
Any Change Toward Improving One’s Nature
AGO
Another Growth Opportunity
ALOHA
A Lot Of Happy Alcoholics
ALCOHOLICS
A Life Centered On Helping Others Live In Complete Sobriety
A Life Consisting of Helping Others Live Is Called Sobriety
ANGER
Any No Good Energy Rising
ANONYMOUS
Actions, Not Our Names, Yields Maintenance Of Unity and Service
ASAP
Always Saying A Prayer
ASK
Ass Saving Kit
BAR
Beware Alcohol, Run!
Beware Alcoholic Ruin
BATH
Behavior, Attitude, Thinking, and Habits
BEST
Been Enjoying Sobriety Today!
BIG BOOK
Believing In God Beats Our Old Knowledge
Believing in God Beats Our Own Knowledge
BOGGLE
Bad Or Good, God Loves Everyone
BUT
Being Unconvinced Totally
CALM
Can Anger Leave Me?
CARE
Comforting And Reassuring Each Other
CHANGE
Can Help Attract New Gifts and Energy
CHANGED
Choosing Honesty Allows New Growth Each Day
CHAOS
Can’t Handle Another Overwhelming Situation
CRAP
Can’t Remember Anything Positive
DEAD
Drinking Ends All Dreams
Don’t Ever Admit Defeat
DENIAL
Don’t Even Notice I Am Lying
DETACH
Don’t Even Think About Changing Him/Her
DOG
Depend On God
DRY
Doing Recovery Yourself
DUES
Desperately Using Everything but Sobriety
EGO
Easing God Out
Edging God Out
FAILURE
Fearful, Arrogant, Insecure, Lonely, Uncertain, Resentful, Empty
FAITH
Fear Ain’t In This House
For All I Trust Him
Further Adventures In Trusting Him
Finding Answers In The Heart
Feeling Allright and In To Hope
Fantastic Adventures In Trusting Him
Facing All, Intuitively Trusting Him
Found Always In Trusting Him
FEAR
Face Everything and Recover! (definitely recommended)
Failure Expected And Received
False Evidence Appearing Real
False Expectations Appearing Real
Fear Expressed Allows Relief
Feelings Every Alcoholic Rejects
Few Ever Arrive Rejoicing
Fighting Ego Against Reality
Forget Everything And Run
Forgetting Everything’s All Right (not really!)
Frantic Effort to Appear Real
Frantic Efforts to Appear Recovered
Future Events Appearing Real
FEEL
Feel, Experience, Express, Let-go
FINE
Faithful, Involved, kNowledgeable and Experienced
Feeling Insecure, Numb and Empty
Frantic, Insane, Nuts and Egotistical
Freaked out, Insecure, Neurotic and Emotional
Frustrated, Insecure, Neurotic and Emotional
GIFT
God Is Forever There
GIFTS
Getting It From The Steps
GOD
Good Orderly Direction
Group Of Drunks
Gift of Desperation
GUILT
God Understands I Lack Trust
GUT
God’s Undeniable Truths
HALT
Honestly, Actively, Lovingly Tolerant
Hope, Acceptance, Love and Tolerance
Horny Arrogant Lazy Tragic
Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired
HALTS FEAR
Hope, Acceptance, Love and Tolerance Stops Forgetting
that Everything’s All Right
HEART
Healing Enjoying and Recovering Together
HELP
Her Ever Loving Presence
His Ever Loving Presence
Hope, Encouragement, Love and Patience
HOPE
Hang On! Peace Exists…
Happy Our Program Exists
Hearing Other Peoples’ Experiences
Humble Ongoing Positive Effort
Having Optimistic Perspective Everyday
Heart Open, Please Enter
HOW
Honest, Open-minded and Willing
Honesty, Open-mindedness, Willingness
HOW NOW
Honest Openminded Willing, No Other Way
-ISM
I Self Me
I Sponsor Myself
In Side Me
Incredibly Short Memory
KISS
Keep It Simple, Sugar
Keep It Simple, Sweetheart
Keeping It Simple, Spiritually
Keep It Simple – Surrender
NEW
Nothing Else Worked
NUTS
Not Using The Steps
OUR
Openly Using Recovery
PACE
Positive Attitudes Change Everything
PAID
Pitiful And Incomprehensible Demoralization
PhD Panhandling Drunk
PMS
Poor Me Syndrome
PROGRAM
People Relying on God Relaying a Message
PUSH
Pray Until Something Happens
RELATIONSHIP
Really Exciting Love Affair Turns Into Outrageous Nightmare. Sobriety Hangs In Peril
RID
Restless, Irritable and Discontented
SLIP
Sad Life In Peril
Sobriety Losing Its Priority
Sobriety Lost Its Priority
Something Lousy I Planned
Still Living In Poverty
Stopped Living In the Present
SOB
Sober Old Bastard
Sober Old Biker
Sober Old Bitch
SOBER
Sanity Only By Ever Reminding
Saving Our Butts Entirely Ready
Son-Of-a-Bitch! Everything’s Real!
Simply Observe Bill’s Exemplary Recovery
SPONSEE
Sponsor’s Personal Opportunity with Newcomer’s Self-centered
Experiences and Ego
SPONSOR
Sober Person Offering Newcomers Suggestions On Recovery
STEPS
Solutions To Every Problem in Sobriety
Solutions To Every Problem, Sober
STOP
Sicker Than Other People
TEAM
Together Everyone Achieves More
THINK
The Happiness I Never Knew
TIME
Things I Must Earn
This I Must Earn
Today I Must Earn
TLC
Tears, Laughter and Caring
TRUST
Teaching Recovery Using Steps and Traditions
WE
Walls Evaporate
Warmth Engulfs
Wilson Epitomized
Wilson’s Eyes
Without Ego
WHY
Whine Holler Yell
WILLING
When I Live Life, I Need God
YET
You’re Eligible Too
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