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The Twelve Traditions
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"Our AA experience has taught us that ..."
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Our common welfare should come first;
personal recovery depends upon AA unity. |
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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. |
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The only requirement for AA membership
is a desire to stop drinking. |
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Each group should be autonomous except
in matters affecting other groups or AA as a whole. |
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Each group has but one primary purpose
— to carry its message to the alcoholic who still suffers. |
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An AA group ought never endorse, finance,
or lend the AA 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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Every AA group ought to be fully self-supporting,
declining outside contributions. |
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Alcoholics Anonymous should remain forever
non-professional, but our service centers may employ special workers.
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AA, as such, ought never be organized;
but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible
to those they serve. |
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Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on
outside issues; hence the AA name ought never be drawn into public
controversy. |
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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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Anonymity is the spiritual foundation
of all our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before
personalities. |
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© AA World Services, Inc.
(1939)
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