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Big Book Definitions:

anger: a strong feeling of displeasure or antagonism.
alcohol: A depressive drug. A sedative.
allergy: an abnormal reaction to food or chemical substance.
agnostic: a person who believes that nothing can be known about God.
atheist: a person who believes God does not exist.
believe: to suspect that something is true, or accept that possibility.
craving: an overpowering desire.
decision: to ?cut into? or ?cut in two.? To gather facts and select which are going to be acted upon.
defect: imperfection, shortcoming.
disease: (dis-ease) a condition that separates a person from normal health patterns.
dishonesty: willful perversion of truth in order to deceive.
envy: painful or resentful awareness of an advantage enjoyed by another.
exact: accurate, precise, methodical.
fault: something done wrongly; an error or mistake.
faith: confidence, sureness, credulity, reliance, trust.
fear: an unpleasant emotion brought on by negative anticipation. Guilt stems from fear of the past, dread from fear of the future.
frightened: a temporary or continual state of fear.
greed: excessive desire to acquire certain things.
honest: truthfulness. Fair and just - not cheating or stealing.
inconsiderate: without thought or consideration of others.
insanity:Big Book - the peculiar mental state alcoholics get into before the first drink.
inventory: a written list
life (lives): an individual?s actions.
lust: excessive desire or seeming need (usually sex).
manifestation: the ?display? or evidence of something else.
mistake: error, fault, inaccuracy.
moral: truth, inner meaning, scrupulous.
nature: essential qualities or components.
obsession: to fill the mind continually. To preoccupy or haunt to the exclusion of contrary ideas.
phenomenon: some unique event that we may see but may not understand.
powerless (over alcohol):
Big Book - cannot drink as the result of an allergy manifested by craving, and cannot stop (or stay stopped) as the result of a mental obsession.
pride: excessive and unjustified opinion of oneself; too high (self-love) or too low (self-hate).
resentment: from the preface ?re? (repeating or over and over,) and ?sentire,? (to feel). Indignant or bitter feelings.
sanity: from ?sanitas? (whole)
selfish: deficient in the consideration for others.
self-centered: preoccupied with ones? own personality or affairs.
self-seeking: excessive caring about one?s own welfare before that of others.
shortcoming: failure to come up to a standard.
sloth: having no inclination to act or put forth effort.
will: thinking. The faculty by which a person decides.
will power: control exercised over impulse; self-control.
willing: cheerful intention; gladly ready (to act).
wrong: acting, judging, or believing incorrectly.
vital: necessary (for life), indispensable.

WEBSTER?S DICTIONARY - 1939:
alcohol: spirituous or intoxicating element in fermented liquors. Pure or rectified spirits of wine.
spirit: the soul, courage, vivacity, alcohol.



ALCOHOLIC SLANG
AFGO - A f--king growth opportunity
Big Book Thumper - A regular who knows the Big Book inside and out
Boxed - A person thrown out of the house with their boxed up belongings
Camel Chip - A chip signifying a person with long-term sobriety
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
Dry Drunk - A non-drinking alcoholic who does not follow the program
Elevator - How low one goes before getting into recovery
Going Out - An alcoholic who goes back out to drink again
Heavy Metal - A 1-year chip
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
Tape - Remembering the truth to prevent relapse
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
Whiner Chip - Chip representing 18 months sobriety