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. |
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 personalities. |