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There is a famous rock star who is pretty well-known in NA and there are advertisments when he speaks sometimes. I think that in a way it's nice to see someone who has made it clean for so many years and is doing so well in his journey. It is his choice to publicize the journey. It wouldn't be my choice, but I recognize the value that it can have to someone who might not feel that getting clean or sober is even possible. Maybe it helps them to see it can be done? This rock star in particular takes time out every tour to speak at rehab centers around the country free. I really admire that. It might be hard for someone famous to give back in any other way. One thing that worries me about is, what if their papparazzi followed them to an NA meeting and they took photographs of some people like me, to whom anonymity is at the very core of our recovery? I don't mind someone publicizing their own journey, is what I mean, but don't publicize if you are speaking at an NA meeting if you are famous outside of the community, and even then, it should be very limited, because I don't want that type of reflected limelight to shine on me.
KJ
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