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ALCOHOLIC SLANG

AFGO                           A f--king growth opportunity
Beer Thirty Slang for any 1/2 on the hour we used to drink
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
Double Dip                      Speaking twice at the same AA meeting
Drip Dry U Rehab
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
Hand of AA An alcoholic reaching out to AA for a helping hand
Heavy Metal                    A 1-year chip
Liquid Courage The false belief one gets after substantial drinking
Meeting Two of more AA's getting together to discuss recovery
Meeting Before the Meeting Informal gatherings before official meetings
Meeting After the Meeting Informal gatherings after official meetings
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                    Places where we socialized before recovery 
Playmates People we used to socialize with before recovery
Plug In The Jug Putting the cap on the bottle and walking away forever
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 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)
Three Hots and a Cot       Jail term for three mails and a bed
13th Step                        Dating someone in the program
Wet Drunk                     A practicing alcoholic
Wine O'Clock Slang for any hour of the day we used to drink
Whiner Chip                       Chip representing 18 months sobriety