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do you mean that other people in AA are telling non-AA people or that your family and friends (non-AA) are telling other people? sorry if I'm not reading the post right.
I think non-AA people don't understand the anonymity of it, so I do make a point if I tell someone that I'm in AA to only do so when I have a few minutes or more to try to explain what makes it so valuable to me, including the fact that it is anonymous. As for other AAs, well I've only encountered gossip within the program but that may be because I live in a pretty large place and I have only bumped into another AA outside the rooms once in 8 months!
It would certainly bug the crap out of me though and I'd be determined to find the source so I could reiterate the anonymity aspecct.
I'm sorry it's happened to you.
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~ lucy
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