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Let us say that a member of AA shares something at a step meeting about having stolen some food from a local grocery store a year or so back while he was still actively drinking and that he plans on repaying that grocery store as per the ninth step. If another member hears this and decides to pre-empt this fellows ninth step and call the police and report the incidence, do I read you as saying that this is acceptable? Should no action be taken to protect the group?

I will be the first to tell newcomers that we share in a general way in meetings and leave the heavy stuff for their sponsors but it seems to me that if such behavior continues then the program will not serve as a safe place for alcoholics/addicts/etc., and people who desperately need help will not feel safe coming to us for help - which is a monumental failure in regards to our primary purpose.