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Our common welfare should come first;
personal recovery depends upon group unity.
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Our leaders are but trusted servants;
they do not govern.
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The only requirement for Gamblers
Anonymous membership is a desire to stop gambling.
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Each group should be self-governing
except in matters affecting other groups or Gamblers Anonymous as a whole.
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Gamblers Anonymous has but one
primary purpose -- to carry its message to the compulsive gambler who still
suffers.
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Gamblers Anonymous ought never
endorse, finance or lend the Gamblers Anonymous name to any related facility
or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property and prestige divert us
from our primary purpose.
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Every Gamblers Anonymous Group ought
to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.
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Gamblers Anonymous should remain
forever non-professional, but our service centers may employ special workers.
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Gamblers Anonymous, as such, ought
never be organized; but we may create service boards or committees directly
responsible to those they serve.
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Gamblers Anonymous has no opinion on
outside issues; hence the Gamblers Anonymous name ought never be drawn into
public controversy.
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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 television.
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Anonymity is the spiritual foundation
of the Gamblers Anonymous program, ever reminding us to place principles
before personalities.
