Al-Anon includes the addition, “We need guard with special care the anonymity of all AA members.”
He might simply say he is in “a recovery group.”
What happens if that person relapses?
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The original message of “we get better” has become “things get better.”
Outside institutions say that it does not matter which 12-step program you go to they are all the same.
A member does not cede this responsibility to a spokesperson or promotion campaign.
When people see the four changes in our lifemental, emotional, physical, and spiritualthey are attracted.
They need no promotion.
This is a program for people who want it.
Let’s not let others tell us what they think we are about.
She values the part added to theAl-Anontradition of protecting the anonymity of the AA member.
That’s why the anonymity works."
Anonymous A.Alcoholics Anonymous, The Story of How More Than One Hundred Men Have Recovered from Alcoholism.
Alcoholics Anonymous.Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions.
Alcoholics Anonymous World Services; 2012.
