- Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon A.A. unity.
- 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.
- The only requirement for A.A. membership is a desire to stop drinking.
- Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or A.A. as a whole.
- Each group has but one primary purpose - to Carry its message to the alcoholic who still suffers.
- 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.
- Every A.A. group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.
- Alcoholics Anonymous should remain forever non-professional, but our service centers may employ special workers.
- A.A.,
as such, ought never be organized; but we may create service boards or
committees directly responsible to those they serve.
- Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the A.A. name ought never be drawn into public controversy.
- 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.
- Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities.
Anonimity is the Spiritual Foundation
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