| A | Alcoholic |
| AA | Alcoholic Anonymous |
| (AAA)A3 | Anytime, Anyplace, Anywere |
| AFG | Al-Anon Family Groups |
| AH | Alcoholic Husband |
| AIS | Al-Anon Information Service |
| ASP | A Serenity Place - an online Al-Anon meeting |
| BOHICA | Bend Over - Here It Comes Again |
| BRB | Be Right Back |
| BTDT | Been There Done That |
| BTW | By the way |
| C2C | Courage to Change (daily reader #2) |
| CAL | Conference Approved Literature (Al-Anon) |
| C-YA, CYA | See Ya |
| DADT | Dont Ask, Dont Tell |
| DOG | God, spelled backwards |
| DR | District Representative |
| ESH | Experience, Strength and Hope |
| ESP | Electronic Stability Program |
| F2F | Face to Face [meeting] |
| FEAR | Face everything and recover/False Evidence Appearing Real |
| FINE | F-----up, Insecure - Neurotic - Emotional |
| FUA | Frequently Used Acronyms |
| FUBAR | Messed up beyond all repair |
| FWIW | For what it's worth |
| FYI | For Your Information |
| GOD | Good orderly direction |
| GR | Group Representative |
| GSO | General Service Office (AA in New York) |
| HALT | Hungry, angry, lonely, tired |
| HP | Higher Power |
| HOW | Honesty, open mindedness, willingness |
| HQ | Head Quarters (Al-Anon WSO) |
| IMCO | In my considered opinion |
| IMHO | In my humble opinion |
| IMO | In my opinion |
| IOW | In other words |
| IS | Information Service |
| ISP | Internet Service Provider |
| KISS | Keep It Simple, Sweetheart |
| LA | List Administrator |
| L8R | Later |
| LDC | Literature Distribution Center |
| LMAO | Laugh my a-- off |
| LOL | Laugh Out Loud |
| OAN | On another note |
| ODAT | One Day at a Time (daily reader #1) |
| OTOH | On the other hand |
| PITA | Pain in the . . . butt |
| ROFL | Rolling on Floor Laughing. |
| ROFLOL | Rolling On the Floor Laughing Out Loud |
| ROFLMAO | Rolling on Floor Laughing My Ass Off |
| RTFM | Read the Fine(?) manual |
| SNAFU | Situation Normal: All [bleeped] Up |
| SOBER | Son of a bitch everything is real |
| SSDD | Same sh-t, different day |
| SO | Significant Other, also Sheriff's Office |
| SOS | Same old sh-t |
| TIA | Thanks In Advance |
| WSC | World Service Conference |
| WSO | World Service Office (Al-Anon HQ) |
| YMMV | Your Mileage May Vary |