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Twelve Traditions
1. Our common welfare should come first;
personal progress for the greatest number depends upon unity.
2. For our group purpose there is but one
authority—a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience.
Our leaders are but trusted servants—they do not govern.
3. The relatives of alcoholics, when gathered
together for mutual aid, may call themselves an Al-Anon Family group,
provided that as a group, they have no other affiliation. The only
requirement for membership is that there be a problem of alcoholism in a
relative or friend.
4. Each group should be autonomous, except in
matters affecting another group or Al-Anon or AA as a whole.
5. Each Al-Anon Family Group has but one
purpose: to help families of alcoholics. We do this by practicing the Twelve
Steps of AA ourselves, by encouraging and understanding our
alcoholic relatives, and by welcoming and giving comfort to families of
alcoholics.
6. Our Family Groups ought never endorse,
finance or lend our name to any outside enterprise, lest problems of money,
property and prestige divert us from our primary spiritual aim. Although a
separate entity, we should always co-operate with Alcoholics Anonymous.
7. Every group ought to be fully
self-supporting, declining outside contributions.
8. Al-Anon Twelfth Step work should remain
forever non-professional, but our service centers may employ special
workers.
9. Our groups, as such, ought never be
organized; but we may create service boards or committees directly
responsible to those they serve.
10. The Al-Anon Family Groups have no opinion
on outside issues; hence our name ought never be drawn into public
controversy.
11. Our public relations policy is based on
attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity
at the level of press, radio, films, and TV. We need guard with special care
the anonymity of all AA members.
12. Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of
all our Traditions, ever reminding us to place principles above
personalities.
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