What If We Get Into Trouble?

Ernie G. of Toledo, commenting on what he saw to be an increase of anonymity within AA today as compared with the old days, said, "I made a lead over to Jackson [Michigan] one night, and everybody's coming up to me and saying, 'I'm Joe,' 'I'm Pete.' Then one of the guys said, 'Safe journey home. If you get into any trouble, give me a buzz.' Later, I said to the fellow who was with me, 'You know, suppose we did get into any trouble on the way home? How would we tell anyone in AA? We don't know anyone's last name.'"