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THE TWELVE TRADITIONS
1. Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon A.A. unity.
read more about Tradition One
2. 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.
read more about Tradition Two
3. The only requirement for A.A. membership is a desire to stop drinking.
read more about Tradition Three
4. Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or A.A. as a whole.
read more about Tradition Four
5. Each group has but one primary purpose - to carry its message to the alcoholic who still suffers.
read more about Tradition Five
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.
read more about Tradition Six
7. Every A.A. group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.
read more about Tradition Seven
8. Alcoholics Anonymous should remain forever non-professional, but our service centers may employ special workers.
read more about Tradition Eight
9. A.A., as such, ought never be organized; but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve.
read more about Tradition Nine
10. Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the A.A. name ought never be drawn into public controversy.
read more about Tradition Ten
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.
read more about Tradition Eleven
12. Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities.
read more about Tradition Twelve
-Reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.
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