AA Thought for the Day
(courtesy AA-Alive.net)
May 6, 2015
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Anonymity
Once one is fairly sober, and sure of this, there seems to be no reason for failing to talk about AA membership in the right places.
This has a tendency to bring in other people. Word of mouth is one of our most important communications.
- As Bill Sees It, p. 120
Thought to Ponder . . .
Anonymity is real humility at work.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
A N O N Y M O U S = Actions, Not Our Names, Yield Maintenance Of Unity & Service.
A Member Shares:
I'm Pammy, an alcoholic. For me, I don’t really care who knows I'm in AA, but I value others' anonymity to the degree that keeps me humble. For example, I don't name others who have helped other than calling them my fellows, since I value their recovery so much I dare not tempt their egos. I know in essence they do the same for me. As for people telling others I'm in AA doesn't faze me. I would rather be known as someone in recovery than a drunken so-and-so passed out in an alley any day. It shows those who are in a state of utter hopelessness that we can be saved by seeing it in others.
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Blessings in sobriety to all,
In love and service,
joanna b
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