“Our membership ought to include all who suffer from alcoholism. Hence we may refuse none who wish to recover. Nor ought AA Membership ever depend upon money or conformity. Any two or three alcoholics gathered together for sobriety may call themselves and AA Group, provided that, as a group, they have no other affiliation.” – Tradition Three (long form)
“Each Alcoholics Anonymous Group out to be a spiritual entity having but one primary purpose – that of carrying its message to the alcoholic who still suffers.” – Tradition Five (long form)
“Unless there is approximate conformity to AA’s Twelve Traditions, the group…can deteriorate and die.” 12 & 12, page 174