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, Action
  • 3 A’s, Awareness, Acceptance, Action (episode 43)
  • Choices (episode 164)
• 3 P’s – Perfection, Procrastination, Paralysis
  • Episode 219
• 4 M’s – Manipulation, Managing, Mothering, and Martyrdom
  • Episode 84
• 3 C’s – Didn’t cause it, can’t cure it, can’t control it. (But I can contribute to the problem.)
  • Episode 81
• 6 P’s: perspective, pain, prayer, patience, process and payoff.
  • From a Step 6 reading in Paths to Recovery
  • Step 6 (episode 28)
  • Perspective (episode 258)
• 3 C's –  Have I Criticised, Have I Condemned, Have I Complained?
• 3 G's – Get off his back, Get out of his way and Get on with your life
• 4 P's     Why we don't forgive?..: Protection, Power, Pride, Punishment
• 3 S's –   Selfish, Self-seeking, Self-centred

Readings and Links

We read from Courage to Change, March 26

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Music from the show

The Beatles: Let It Be

Counting Crows: Big Yellow Taxi

Ian Brown: F.E.A.R