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The Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous |
1. Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon A.A. unity.
2. For our group purpose there is but one
ultimate authority - a loving God as He may express
Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted
servants; they do not govern.
3. The only requirement for A.A. membership is a desire to stop drinking.
4. Each group should be autonomous except
in matters affecting other groups or A.A. as a
whole.
5. Each group has but one primary purpose
- to carry its message to the alcoholic who still
suffers.
6. A.A. groups ought never endorse,
finance, or lend the A.A. name to any related facility or
outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property, and
prestige divert us from our
primary purpose.
7. Every A.A. group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.
8. Alcoholics Anonymous should remain
forever nonprofessional, but our service centers may
employ special workers.
9. A.A., as such, ought never be
organized; but we may create service boards or committees
directly responsible to those they serve.
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
upon attraction rather than promotion; we need always
maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio, and
films.
12. Anonymity is the spiritual foundation
of all our traditions, ever reminding us to place
principles before personalities.