Our Anonymity Is Both Inspiration and Safety

Discussing the subject of Anonymity in a previous Grapevine article, I tried to make the following points--that Anonymity has, for us A.A.s, an immense spiritual significance; that the principle ought to be preserved as part of our vital tradition; that since we have as yet no sharply defined policy there is confusion in some quarters as to what anonymity ought to mean; that we need, therefore, a perfectly clear tradition which all A.A.s would feel bound to respect. I also offered some suggestions which I hoped might become, after further discussion, the basis of a national policy on anonymity. These suggestions were: