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yes!! Thanks, Dee!
I couldn't find it so tonight instead I watched "The Anonymous People" on Netflix. A very good and thought-provoking documentary.
I've got this one bookmarked for my next watch. Thanks again.
I couldn't find it so tonight instead I watched "The Anonymous People" on Netflix. A very good and thought-provoking documentary.
I've got this one bookmarked for my next watch. Thanks again.
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Do check it out.... it's a really good piece and it deals with some things that I have really struggled with.
It's funny, because just yesterday I'd gone back to the rooms after having been away from the tables a while. I got my purple coin. It was Big Book study and we were reading from the intro pages about the principle of anonymity.
I shared my own frustrations with the "anonymous" part. The upshot being that my own sense of being different, lesser, shameful, etc. was often magnified by the apparent lack of role models in our society. We glamorize those who are going down in the flames of their addictions. But the stories of those who triumph over addiction and recover are never told in the glorious light of the media.
I found a speaker meeting online - Stevie Ray Vaughn. Many AA's attacked it for violating the principle of anonymity. I welcomed it. I think there ought to be more willing to step into the light and discuss recovery in a positive way in the world. This is a core theme of The Anonymous People. It really got me thinking.
It's funny, because just yesterday I'd gone back to the rooms after having been away from the tables a while. I got my purple coin. It was Big Book study and we were reading from the intro pages about the principle of anonymity.
I shared my own frustrations with the "anonymous" part. The upshot being that my own sense of being different, lesser, shameful, etc. was often magnified by the apparent lack of role models in our society. We glamorize those who are going down in the flames of their addictions. But the stories of those who triumph over addiction and recover are never told in the glorious light of the media.
I found a speaker meeting online - Stevie Ray Vaughn. Many AA's attacked it for violating the principle of anonymity. I welcomed it. I think there ought to be more willing to step into the light and discuss recovery in a positive way in the world. This is a core theme of The Anonymous People. It really got me thinking.
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