Acronyms and Alliterations – Episode 284

Do you QTIP? Have you practiced the 3 A's? Spencer and Eric, with support from many listeners, talk about some of the acronyms (such as HALT or FEAR) and alliterations (3 C's, 4 M's) that help us to remember the important principles of the program. As Eric says, “these are like pocket change — they're easy to pick up and use.”

Acronyms

* FEAR – Face everything and recover

* PAUSE – Please assist until serenity enters

* FEAR – False evidence appearing real

* LOVE – Let others voluntarily evolve

* Al-anon “gifts” in From Survival to Recovery

* Force vs Power, episode 249

* Eric: I can’t “love my alcoholic sober” or “hug my addict straight”

* “Let go and let God”

* JADE – (don’t) Justify, argue, defend, or explain

* Would you rather be right or happy? (episode 276)

* Courage to Change, June 6

* WAIT – Why am I talking (thinking)

* Neutral responses (scroll to the bottom of episode 249)

* HALT(S)

* NUTS – Not Using The Steps (Slogans)

* TRUST – try really using step three!

* THINK is it..?: Thoughtful. Honest. Intelligent. Necessary. Kind.

* One Day at a Time in Al-Anon pg. 20

* Slogans Part 1 (episode 131)

* The Step 10 discussion in Paths to Recovery

* HOPE: Happy. Our. Program. Exists.

* One Day At a Time in Al-Anon, pg.94

* Hope, episode 65

* Do you believe? (episode 270)

* DETACH: Don’t. Even. Think. About. Changing. Him/Her.

* One Day At a Time in Al-Anon, pg.29

* Consequences (episode 245)

* Enabling or empowering (episode 261)

* Detachment (episodes 12, 188)

* HOW: Honest. Open. Willing.

* Willingness – Episode 216

* STEPS: Solutions. To. Every. Problem.

* One Day At a Time in Al-Anon, pg.297

* In All Our Affairs (Episode 201)

* QTIP: Quit. Taking. It. Personally.

* One Day At a Time in Al-Anon, pg.55

* FINE

* PISO: Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional

* Eric would write this on his hand.

* GOD: Good Orderly Direction

* UTT: Use the tools

* ODAT: One Day at a time

* ANGER = A Negative Grudge Endangers Recovery

* ASK = Ask Seek Knock

* CHANGE = Choosing Honesty Allows New Growth Everyday

* COOL = Creative Opportunities Offer Love

* EGO = Easing God Out

* FAITH = Finding Answers In The Heart

* FEAR = Forgetting Everything Is Alright

* FEAR = Future Events Aren’t Real

* FROG = Fully Relying On God

* GIFTS = Getting It From The Steps

* HOPE = Helping Ourselves Purge Emptiness

* HOW = Honest, Open, Willing

* MYOB = Mind Your Own Business

* PUSH = Pray Until Something Happens

Alliterations

* 3 A’s – Awareness, Acceptance,