…the principle of anonymity has an immense spiritual significance. It reminds us that we are to place principles before personalities; that we are actually to practice a genuine humility. This to the end that our great blessings may never spoil […]
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It’s Private, You Know
I’m a private person, have always been. There’s no way I’d tell my deepest, darkest secrets. But I told my sponsor and she said it was my story but when I was asked to be the speaker at a meeting […]
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At the end of the meeting after we’ve talked about our shame, our failures, our defects, the leader calmly reads the admonition, “Please remember our commitment to honor each other’s anonymity. What you hear here, whom you see here, when […]
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Through our commitment to anonymity we can put aside what we are and begin to know who we are. ~ Family Groups, Al-Anon. Courage to Change—One Day at a Time in Al‑Anon II (Kindle Locations 290-292). Al-Anon Family Groups. Kindle […]
Continue reading »The Anonymity Wave
Remember what we say each time a meeting ends. “Please remember our commitment to honor each other’s anonymity. ‘What you hear here, whom you see here, when you leave here, let it stay here.’” To which we respond, “Hear, hear!” […]
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