Yeah, I get it. But traditions state anonymity at the level of press, radio or television. The thought behind that was not to let one person represent the fellowship, because people are fallible and it could as easily keep someone from trying as it could invite someone in.
I was never secretive about my using, and it's been the same about…
Yeah, I get it. But traditions state anonymity at the level of press, radio or television. The thought behind that was not to let one person represent the fellowship, because people are fallible and it could as easily keep someone from trying as it could invite someone in.
I was never secretive about my using, and it's been the same about my sobriety, mostly on a conversational level, because my before is so drastically different from my now. The upside is a handful of folks have reached out and said, "So you don't drink, at all?" followed by a how did you do that. It's been a privilege to introduce someone to what really helped me be the person I am today. That said, I rarely, if ever say AA in any of my public facing writing, but stick to the generic 12-step recovery euphemism.
Don't stop. Voices are needed. We need to see ourselves reflected in the media. Remember when there were no Black TV characters? Or the gay ones were few and far between and always over the top? And Jews, Irish, Italians were all a stereotype? Seeing yourself validates. Don't stop. Someone out there needs to hear you today.
Yeah, I get it. But traditions state anonymity at the level of press, radio or television. The thought behind that was not to let one person represent the fellowship, because people are fallible and it could as easily keep someone from trying as it could invite someone in.
I was never secretive about my using, and it's been the same about my sobriety, mostly on a conversational level, because my before is so drastically different from my now. The upside is a handful of folks have reached out and said, "So you don't drink, at all?" followed by a how did you do that. It's been a privilege to introduce someone to what really helped me be the person I am today. That said, I rarely, if ever say AA in any of my public facing writing, but stick to the generic 12-step recovery euphemism.
Don't stop. Voices are needed. We need to see ourselves reflected in the media. Remember when there were no Black TV characters? Or the gay ones were few and far between and always over the top? And Jews, Irish, Italians were all a stereotype? Seeing yourself validates. Don't stop. Someone out there needs to hear you today.