Nicotine Anonymous
Nicotine Anonymous - The Twelve Traditions
Tradition One Our common welfare should come first, personal recovery depends on Nicotine Anonymous unity.
Tradition Two For our group purpose, there is but one ultimate authority-a loving God as expressed in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern.
Tradition Three The only requirement for Nicotine Anonymous membership is a desire to stop using nicotine.
Tradition Four Each Croup should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or Nicotine Anonymous as a whole.
Tradition Five Each group has but one primary purpose - to carry its message to the nicotine user who stiil suffers.
Tradition Six A Nicotine Anonymous group ought never endorse, finance, or lend the Nicotine Anonymous name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property and prestige divert us from our primary purpose.
Tradition Seven Every Nicotine Anonymous group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.
Tradition Eight Nicotine Anonymous should remain forever nonprofessional, but our service
centers may employ special workers.
Tradition Nine Nicotine Anonymous as such ought never be organized; but we may create special
service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve.
Tradition Ten Nicotine Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the Nicotine Anonymous name ought never be drawn into public controversy.
Tradition Eleven Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio, television and films.
Tradition Twelve Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our Traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities.
The Twelve Traditions reprinted and adapted with permission of Alcoholics Anonymous World Services. Inc Permission to reprint and adapt the Twelve Traditions does not mean that AA is affiliated with this program AA is a program of recovery from Alcoholism - use of the Twelve Traditions in connection with programs and activities which are patterned after AA, but which address other problems, does not imply otherwise.
The Twelve Traditions of A.A.
1. Our common welfare should come first, personal recovery depends on 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 servante; they do not govern 3 The only requirement for A.A membership is a desire to stop using alcohol 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 self-supporting, declining outside contributions. B. 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 committees 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.
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