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Acronyms

 

 

Here are some acronyms you will find commonly used in online recovery literature (emails, etc.)...

ACRONYM

MEANING

BF

boy friend

BIL

Brother-in-law

BTDT

Been There, Done That

BTW

by the way

CO

coaddict, coaddicted to ____ , codependent, codependent to a sex addict/compulsive, sexual(ly) codependent, partner to or of a sex addict/compulsive, wife/girlfriend/husband to or of a sex addict/compulsive 

CODA

Codependents Anonymous (NOT sexual addiction oriented!) - 12 Step support group

COSA

Codependents to Sex Addicts - 12 Step support group

co-SA

"co" (see "CO" listing above) to a sex addict/compulsive

DH

Dear or darn husband or whatever

DW

Dear or darn wife or whatever

ESH

experience, strength and hope

F2F

face to face groups or meeting someone face to face

FIL

Father-in-law

FOO

Family of Origin

GF

girl friend

H

Husband

HALT

too (hungry, angry, lonely and tired), likely to slip

HP

Higher Power, God (specific, or not), ANYthing or method that is referred to for individual spirituality

IMHO

In my humble opinion

IMO

In my opinion

IOW

in other words

LOL

Laughing Out Loud or Lots of Love (generally here it means laughing out loud)

MIL

Mother-in-law

ODAAT

One Day At A Time

OM

Other man

OW

Other Woman

SA

sex addict

SA

Sexaholics Anonymous - 12 Step support group

SAA

Sex Addicts Anonymous - 12 Step support group

SANON

S-Anon International Family Groups - 12 Step support group

SAXBF

sex addict/compulsive ex boy friend

SAXDH

sex addict/compulsive ex dear/darn husband

SAXH

sex addict/compulsive ex husband

SCA

Sexual Compulsives Anonymous - 12 Step support group

SIL

Sister-in-law

SLAA

Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous - 12 Step support group

SO

Significant Other

STDs

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

TWYN&LTR

Take what you need and leave the rest

 

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