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Our common welfare should come first; personal
recovery depends upon A.A. unity.
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| 2. |
For our group purpose there is but one ultimate
authority-a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience.
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| 3. |
The only requirement for A.A. membership is a
desire to stop drinking.
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| 4. |
Each group should be autonomous except in
matters affecting other groups or A.A. as a whole.
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| 5. |
Each group has but one primary purpose-to carry
its message to the alcoholic who still suffers.
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| 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.
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| 7. |
Every A.A. group ought to be fully
self-supporting, declining outside contributions.
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| 8. |
Alcoholics Anonymous should remain forever
nonprofessional, but our service centers may employ special workers.
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| 9. |
A.A., as such ought never be organized; but we
may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they
serve.
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| 10. |
Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside
issues; hence the A.A. name ought never be drawn into public controversy.
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| 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.
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| 12 |
Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all
our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before
personalities. |