When I got to AA, I thought sharing was for:
- Dumping
- Venting
- Blaming
- Justifying
- Recruiting allies
- Seeking attention
- Gaining sympathy
- Impressing people
- Shocking people
- Constructing a persona
- Delivering covert messages
- Thinking out loud
- Fortifying my narrative
I was taken aside more than once.
Now, I try to:
- Explain how I know I'm in the right fellowship
- Use my experience to clarify what the problem is
- Set forth the tools I have used
- Report the results
- Package the above in cheer and levity