The Language Of Recovery
Many different terms are used during S.L.A.A. meetings. While many terms are used differently in various S.L.A.A. groups, we will attempt to define a few of the terms commonly used in S.L.A.A..
Many different terms are used during S.L.A.A. meetings. While many terms are used differently in various S.L.A.A. groups, we will attempt to define a few of the terms commonly used in S.L.A.A..
• Anorexia—The compulsive avoidance of giving or receiving social, sexual or emotional nourishment.
• Bottom Line Behaviors —Generally, self-defined activities that we refrain from in order to experience our physical, mental, emotional, sexual and spiritual wholeness. • Boundaries—Self-defined, self-protective limits we use for interaction with persons, places, things, or activities. • Cross-talk—Sometimes known as “feedback.” To respond directly or indirectly to what someone has shared in a meeting; for example, to offer someone answers to his or her problems, or to engage in dialogue during a meeting. • Group Conscience—A process of decision-making by the group. S.L.A.A. encourages all members to express their views. • Inventory or “Moral” Inventory—A list of qualities within a person, both positive and negative, discovered through self-examination. |
• Sobriety—Initially, a state of abstinence from addictive bottom-line behaviors; often accompanied by the return of sanity, choice, and personal dignity that comes from abstaining from bottom-line behaviors.
• Sobriety Date—Generally, the date we stop engaging in our bottom-line behaviors. • Sponsor—A person who works closely with another member to provide individual support and guidance in applying the S.L.A.A. Twelve Step/Twelve Tradition program. A Sponsor should be a person we are not in danger of acting out with, nor are likely to find intrigue with. • Trigger—A person, place, thing, or environment that sets off an urge to act out. • Withdrawal—The physical, mental, emotional, and often spiritual upheaval which generally accompanies a break in our addictive pattern. • 13th Stepping—Manipulating another person in recovery, especially a newcomer, into a sexual, emotional, or romantic relationship. ~From “Welcome” |