Al-Anon, Nar-Anon and AA Abbreviations
for Chat Rooms, Groups and Bulletin Boards
People who attend Al-Anon, Nar-Anon and AA often use abbreviations to simplify their conversations and to make typing quicker and easier when they are posting online. Have you found yourself trying to read some of these posts and thought you were reading a foreign language or secret code? You are not alone!
This post will make things a little easier. We have listed some abbreviations and terms that are specific to recovery chat rooms/boards:
A or The A: the alcoholic in my life
AA: Alcoholics Anonymous
ABF or AGF: alcoholic boy friend or girlfriend
AFG: Al-Anon Family Groups
AH or AW: alcoholic husband or wife
Active A: an alcoholic who is still drinking alcohol
Big Book: refers to the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous
CAL: Conference Approved Literature, writings that have been approved by the WSO
C2C or CTC: courage to change
CLOSED MEETING: a meeting of AA or Al-Anon that is only to be attended by members who qualify for either AA or Al-anon
CROSSTALK: During an Al-anon meeting cross talking is speaking when
someone else has the floor and is sharing. It is also cross talking
when, after another member shares, someone shares and comments directly
about what the other person’s share was about and directs it to that
person. Both of these things are generally discouraged at Al-anon meetings
because it disrupts the meeting, takes away the anonymity of the
person’s share and can also become “advice giving” which is also discouraged
in Al-anon.
DRY DRUNK: refers to an alcoholic who is no longer drinking alcohol but who is still exhibiting a lot of the negative behaviors associated with the drinking
ESH: experience, strength and hope
FTF or F2F: a Face-to-Face meeting; real world meetings
HALT: Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired
JADE: Justify, Argue, Defend, Explain
MIP: Miracles in Progress
ODAAT: one day at a time
OPEN MEETING: a meeting of AA or Al-Anon that may be attended by anyone who is interested.
Q-tip: Quit taking it personally
TYFS OR TFS: Thank you for sharing
WSO: World Service Organization Al-Anons headquarters
If someone puts your nickname in parenthesis (((((nickname))))) that means they are giving you a cyber hug!
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