1. Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery
depends on NA 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 membership is a desire to stop
using.
4. Each group should be autonomous except in matters
affecting other groups or NA as a whole.
5. Each group has but one primary purpose—to carry the
message to the addict who still suffers.
6. An NA group ought never endorse, finance, or lend the
NA name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest
problems of money, property or prestige divert us from our
primary purpose.
7. Every NA group ought to be fully self-supporting,
declining outside contributions.
8. Narcotics Anonymous should remain forever
nonprofessional, but our service centers may employ
special workers.
9. NA, as such, ought never be organized, but we may create
service boards or committees directly responsible to those
they serve.
10. Narcotics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues;
hence the NA 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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