1. Our
common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon A.A. unity.
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.
3. The
only requirement for A.A. membership is a desire to stop drinking.
4.
Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or
A.A. as a whole.
5.
Each group has but one primary purpose-to carry its message to the alcoholic
who still suffers.
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.
7.
Every A.A. group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside
contributions.
8.
Alcoholics Anonymous should remain forever non-professional, but our service
centers may employ special workers.
9. A.A.,
as such, ought never be organized; but we may create service boards or
committee directly responsible to those they serve.
10.
Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the A.A. 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 and
films.
12.
Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our Traditions, ever reminding
us to place principles before personalities.
Southern New Jersey General Service Area 45 
