Ask Alexa - Is a person as sick as his/her secrets?

Alexa: Why, in Alcoholics Anonymous do they say, "You are sick as your secrets?"

Because of the deep seated shame and guilt that secrets are meant to defend and thus secrets are believed to be a means to salvation.

Alexa: Did hear what the hardware store manager said when it was learned that a ladder was stolen?

Yes, he said an investigation was under way and further steps would be taken.