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Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon B.A. unity
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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.
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The only requirement for B.A. membership is a desire to stop gambling.
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Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting B.A. as a whole.
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Each group has but one primary purpose - to carry its message to the compulsive gambler who still suffers.
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A B.A. group ought never endorse, finance, or lend the B.A. 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 B.A. group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.
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B.A. should remain forever non-professional, but our service centers may employ special workers.
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B.A. as such, ought never be organized; but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve.
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B.A. has no opinion on outside issues, hence the B.A. 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, film, and television.
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Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of the B.A. program ever reminding us to place principles before personalities. |
