Annoying Neighbors (ANA)

Annoying Neighbors (ANA)

 For those recovering from living next to disruptive, loud, inconsiderate neighbors.

12 steps

1. We admitted we were powerless over our neighbors' behavior—that our peace of mind had become unmanageable.

2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to serenity.

3. Made a decision to turn our will and our responses over to the care of that Higher Power.

4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of our own triggers and reactions.

5. Admitted to our Higher Power, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our resentments.

6. Were entirely ready to have our Higher Power remove the anger, frustration, and obsession with the neighbors.

7. Humbly asked Him to remove these shortcomings.

8. Made a list of anyone we have harmed in our reactions and became willing to make amends.

9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.

10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were triggered, promptly admitted it.

11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with our Higher Power, praying for calmness and acceptance.

12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to others suffering from neighbor frustration, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.

13th Step Safeguard

⚠️ We remain vigilant not to replace one obsession (our neighbors’ behavior) with another (controlling or over-focusing on them). We share our experience, strength, and hope — not our anger or personal vendettas.

12 Traditions

1. Our common welfare should come first; personal peace depends on ANA unity.

2. For our group purpose, there is but one ultimate authority—a loving Higher Power.

3. The only requirement for ANA membership is a desire to not let neighbors steal your peace.

4. Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting ANA as a whole.

5. Each group has but one primary purpose—to carry its message to those still suffering from neighbor stress.

6. ANA ought never endorse, finance, or lend the ANA name to outside issues.

7. Every ANA group ought to be fully self-supporting.

8. ANA should remain forever non-professional.

9. ANA may create service boards directly responsible to those they serve.

10. ANA has no opinion on outside issues.

11. Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion.

12. Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions.

12 Promises

1. We will know peace even when noise surrounds us.

2. We will stop obsessing about things we cannot control.

3. Our sleep will not be stolen by others' choices.

4. We will accept that others are on their own journeys.

5. Fear of confrontation will leave us.

6. We will learn to set healthy boundaries.

7. We will practice tolerance without sacrificing our own serenity.

8. We will find healthy ways to detach.

9. Resentment will no longer dominate our minds.

10. We will develop compassion even for the inconsiderate.

11. Serenity will replace frustration.

12. We will become examples of peace, not prisoners of noise.

Slogans

• "Their noise is not my chaos."

• "Pause. Breathe. Release."

• "I choose serenity over resentment."

• "Detach with peace."

• "My peace does not depend on their volume."

Acronyms

NOISE — Neighbors Often Irritate, Serenity Exists

 PEACE — Pause, Exhale, Accept, Calm, Endure

 LOUD — Let Others Unload Drama

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