[LonePalm]

If the reporting is correct that Larry Reid was at a particular AA meeting then whoever was at the meeting and spoke about it should be strongly admonished against doing it again.

AA Traditions 10 & 11 apply here:
10. Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the A.A. name ought never be drawn into public controversy.
11. Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio, and films.

The general rule goes: You may tell a non-AA that YOU were at a particular meeting and/or said a particular thing but you may not name someone else as being at a meeting.

"Ceterum censeo 0bama esse delendam."

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[mad_as_he$$]

Exactly. That is why I have had trouble believing the story. If true you would be taking the word of an admitted alcoholic that is breaking the prime directive of AA.

[Alberta's Child]

I hear ya, but if this story played out as it has been described, then the whole “anonymity” thing should probably go out the window ... because of the very strong likelihood that the people at the AA meeting are potential corroborating witnesses to a crime.