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Abandon: giving up

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Aberration: straying from the right or normal way

Abnormal: not natural

Acceptance: the fact of receiving gladly, taking willingly

Admitted: acknowledged, confessed

Agnostic: a person who believes that God is unknown and probably unknowable

Alcoholism: compulsive us of alcoholic drinks

Allergy: an abnormal reaction to a food or chemical substance

Altruistic: concern for the welfare of others as opposed to egoism or selfishness

Amends: the correction of injuries or mistakes

Anonymity: the quality or state of being anonymous

Anonymous: giving no name, marked by lack of individuality or personality

Apology: an admission of error or discourtesy accompanied by an expression of regret

Atheist: a person who believes there is no God

Avocation: a subordinate occupation pursued in addition to one's vocation especially for enjoyment

Baffle: confuse, bewilder

Believe: accept as true or real

Cocksureness: overconfidence

Constitutionally: of or proceeding from the basic structure or nature of a person or thing

Dishonest: lacking truth

Dishonesty: lies, deceitfulness

Dry: not showing or communicating, warmth, enthusiasm or tender

feeling

Ego: self-esteem

Ego-centric: thinking or acting with the view that one's self is the center

Egoism: valuing everything only in reference to one's personal interest

Egotistical: devoted to one's own interest and advancements

Emotion: a feeling

Faith: firm belief in something for which there is no proof, complete confidence; trust

Fellowship: a group of people with the same interests or experiences

Foreboding: a dark sense of impending evil; an evil omen

Fourth dimension: something outside ordinary experience

Good Samaritan: one ready and generous in helping those in distress; Luke 10:30-37

Honest: free from fraud or deception

Honesty: fairness and straight forwardness of conduct

Humble: not proud, arrogant, or assertive

Humbling: lowered in pride, importance or dignity

Humbly: lacking pride, aware of one's shortcomings

Humiliated: lowered in pride, dignity or status; disgraced

Humility: freedom from pride or arrogance

Illusion: something that misleads or deceives

Insanity: not whole of mind

Insidious: harmful but enticing; treacherous; seductive

Ism: abnormal state or condition resulting from excess of a (specified) thing (alcoholism)

Love: concern

Meditation: serious contemplation or reflection, listening for directions

Mental twist: unexplainable thinking

Miracle: divine intervention in human affairs

Moral: concerned with the principles of right and wrong behavior; correct and true; virtuous

Nature: the basis or essential characteristics of something

Obsession: a compulsive, often unreasonable idea or feeling

Phenomena: things known through the senses but not understood by the mind

Practical program of action: recovery steps 3 through 12

Prayer: any act or communication with God

Principle: a basic truth or law

Program: a plan of action taken toward a goal

Recovery: a return to a normal condition

Relapse: a return to a former condition after a change for the better

Sane: able to anticipate and appraise the effect of one's action

Sanity: whole or sound mind

Self: an individual's typical character or behavior

Self-appraisal: the act of determining the value of self

Self-centeredness: selfishness

Self-confidence: trust in oneself or one's abilities

Self-conscious: intensely aware of oneself

Self-delusion: tricking or lying to oneself

Self-esteem: satisfaction with oneself

Self-pity: dwelling on one's sorrows or misfortunes

Self-propulsion: propulsion by one's own power

Self-reliance: dependence upon one's own capabilities of judgement or resources

Self-seeking: pursuing only for oneself

Self-will: stubborn or willful adherence to one's own desires or ideas

Selfishness: concern chiefly or only with oneself

Serenity: total calmness, tranquility

Service: contributions to the welfare of others, a helpful act

Sixth sense: a power of perception like but not one of the five senses; a keen intuitive power

Spiritual: divine

Spiritual awakening: a hugh emotional displacement and rearrangement of ideas, emotions, and attitudes; a personality change which occurs slowly, gradually over time

Sponsor: a guide

Tradition: information, beliefs and customs handed down by each generation to the next

Will: strong desire

Will power: strong determination