“As we discovered the principles by which the individual alcoholic could live, so we had to evolve principles by which the A.A. groups and A.A. as a whole could survive and function effectively…the substance of A.A.’s Twelve Traditions…” (“Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions“, by permission of AAWS)
- Tradition 1. Our common welfare should come first…
- Tradition 2. For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority…
- Tradition 3. The only requirement for A.A. membership is a desire…
- Tradition 4. Each group should be autonomous…
- Tradition 5. Each group has but one primary purpose…
- Tradition 6. An A.A. group ought never endorse, finance or lend…
- Tradition 7. Every A.A. group ought to be fully self-supporting…
- Tradition 8. Alcoholics Anonymous should remain forever nonprofessional…
- Tradition 9. A.A., as such, ought never be organized…
- Tradition 10. Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues…
- Tradition 11. Our public relations policy is based on attraction…
- Tradition 12. Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our Traditions…
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