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The 12 Traditions :::
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: An A.A. group 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 on 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
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