Originally Posted by
imacoa 
Not to mention, god forbid if someone saw me there (since EVERYONE in any form of recovery knows my father) I felt like what little I did share I had to censor to protect him.
This is one that happens a lot -- the other one is "It's a small town, so if I went to Al-Anon, I'd probably run into someone I know... and we couldn't have that!"
Here's the thing: If you ran into someone you know, that would be great, because there would finally be someone who could put 2 and 2 together. For me, occasionally my worlds collide -- although usually it's that I run into someone from a meeting when I'm out somewhere else -- but it's always a relief, because it shows that at least a few of the people "out there" understand what we're going through....
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