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AA (ALCOHOLIC) SLANG
| AFGO | A f--king growth opportunity |
| Big Book Thumper | A regular who knows the Big Book inside and out |
| BOHICA | Bend over - here it comes again |
| Boxed | A person thrown out of the house with their boxed up belongings |
| Camel Chip | A chip signifying a person with long-term sobriety |
| Carpet Muncher | Oral Sex |
| Chip | AA chip marking certain amount of continuous sobriety i.e. 30 days |
| Cleaning House | Getting your life in order |
| Clean Side Of Street | Getting your life in order |
| Come To Stop Drinking - Stay For The Thinking | Logic Behind AA's Success |
| Cross talk | When a member talks directly to another AA in a meeting |
| Double Dip | Speaking twice at the same AA meeting |
| Drip Dry U | Rehab |
| Drunk-a-logue | Member who goes on and on and on about his/her past |
| Dry Drunk | A non-drinking alcoholic who does not follow the program |
| Elevator | How low one goes before getting into recovery |
| GOD | Group of drunks |
| Going Out | An alcoholic who goes back out to drink again |
| GOYA | Get off your ass |
| HALT | Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired |
| Heavy Metal | A 1-year chip |
| Liquid Courage | The false belief one gets after substantial drinking |
| Low bottom drunk | A member who has lost everything |
| Mickey | Short for Mickey Finn. An alcoholic drink mixed with a strong sedative ,typically without the knowledge of the drinker. |
| Newcomer | An alcoholic who has less than 30 days of continuous sobriety |
| Normie | A term used by alcoholics to describe "normal" people |
| Nudge From The Judge | Court ordered to go to AA |
| Pink Cloud | A warm fuzzy feeling that "newcomers" feel in early recovery |
| Playground | People with whom we socialized before recovery |
| Relapse | An alcoholic who goes back out and takes another drink |
| Retread | An alcoholic who has relapsed and returned to the program |
| Running and Gunning | Active drinking |
| Senior Sober | A recovering alcoholic with a lot of sobriety |
| Slip | Relapse |
| Slip A Mickey | To surreptitiously add a sedative to someone's alcoholic drink |
| Stinking Thinking | An alcoholic's false belief that he/she may be correct when in fact it may be a stupid idea |
| Suit Up/Show Up | Get dressed and attend an AA meeting |
| Tape | Remembering previous events (e.g. replay the tape) |
| Terminally Unique | Beginner who thinks his uniqueness exempts him from the program |
| Three Hots and a Cot | Jail term for three mails and a bed |
| 13th Step | Dating someone in the program |
| Two Stepper | Beginner who does Steps 1 and 12 and fails to stay sober |
| Wet Drunk | A practicing alcoholic |
| Whiner Chip | Chip representing 18 months sobriety |
| Yale or Jail | God does not care about your background |
| Yesterday's Shower Does Not Make You Clean Today | You only get a 24 hour reprieve from drinking |