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TRADITION |
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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 nonprofessional, 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. |
