| AA | Alcoholics Anonymous |
| AAPP | Area Alateen Process Person |
| ACA | Adult Children of Alcoholics |
| AFG | Al-Anon Family Group |
| AIS | Al-Anon Information Service Office |
| Al-Anews | District Newsletter |
| Al-Anon | Families and Friends of Alcoholics |
| Alateen | Young Al-Anon Members |
| AMIAS | Al-Anon Member Involved in Alateen Service |
| AWSC | Area World Service Committee |
| Beacon | Texas East Area Newsletter |
| CAL | Conference Approved Literature |
| CMA | Current Mailing Address |
| DR | District Representative |
| ETAAA | East East Texas Al-Anon Alateen Assembly |
| Forum | International monthly magazine |
| GR | Group Representative |
| ISR | Information Service Representative |
| KBDM | Knowledge Based Decision Making |
| LDC | Literature Distribution Center |
| ODAT | One Day at a Time |
| Pipeline | Texas West Area Newsletter |
| POSSE | Program Of Sponsors Sharing Everything |
| PSA | Public Service Announcement |
| RSS | Regional Service Seminars |
| TEAM | Together Empowering Al-Anon Members |
| WSC | World Service Conference |
| WSO | World Service Office |
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| HOPE: | Happy Our Program Exists |
| HALT: | Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired |
| DETACH: | Don't. Even. Think. About. Changing. Him/Her. |
| FEAR: | False. Evidence. Appearing. Real. |
| THINK: | is it...? Thoughtful. Honest. Intelligent. Necessary. Kind. |
| STEPS: | Solutions. To. Every. Problem |
| NUTS: | Not. Using. The. Steps |
| QTIP: | Quit. Taking. It. Personally |
| LOVE: | Let. Others. Voluntarily. Evolve |
| HOW: | Honest. Open. Willing. |
