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Asking Eric: I Want My Friends to Check up on Me

In a recent meeting, the letter-writer, a 12-step program member, says Sally used her sharing time to describe an absent sponsee in significant detail.
The group's confidentiality norms require that what is shared in a meeting stays at the meeting, and the writer says Sally has gossiped about members before and crossed a line.
Describing details to a group of 15 attendees, the letter-writer calls it inappropriate and says she feels unsafe sharing personal failings and has lost trust in Sally, the sponsor.
For the sake of your recovery, advice column responders recommended the writer explore a new sponsor relationship and said Sally should have raised the matter privately with her own sponsor.
The writer says she shared feelings with lifelong close friends who haven’t checked in, and R. Eric Thomas advised addressing these feelings to prevent resentments that could endanger recovery in the 12-step program community.

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12-step sponsor shares too much info about sponsee

Dear Eric: I am in a 12-step program. We have rules about anonymity and confidentiality, specifically that what is shared in a meeting stays at the meeting, and I trust that this applies to information shared between members and their…

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