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Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon
C.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 C.A. membership is a desire to stop using cocaine
and all other mind-altering substances.
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Each
group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups
or C.A. as a whole.
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Each
group has but one primary purpose -- to carry its message to the addict
who still suffers.
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A
C.A. group ought never endorse, finance, or lend the C.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
C.A. group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.
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Cocaine
Anonymous should remain forever non-professional, but our service centers
may employ special workers.
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C.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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Cocaine
Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the C.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, television and films.
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Anonymity
is the spiritual foundation of all our Traditions, ever reminding
us to place principles before personalities.
