A.A. Not So Anonymous Anymore

Anonymity isn’t as big a part of Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.) as it once was, The New York Times reports.

The newspaper points out that when A.A. got its start in the Great Depression, alcoholism was seen as both a weakness and a disgrace. But with so many memoirs about recovery being penned by celebrities, that image is changing.

Last year, A.A. called for the importance of being discrete on social networking sites. Some people have posted pictures taken at A.A. meetings and accidentally outed others in the photos.

Read the article here.