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Our common welfare should come first' personal recovery depends upon Methadone Anonymous unity.
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For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority - a higher power as understood in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern.
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The only requirement for Methadone Anonymous membership is a desire to stop using illicit drugs and alcohol.
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Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or Methadone Anonymous 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 Methadone Anonymous group ought never endorse, finance, or lend the Methadone 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 Methadone Anonymous group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.
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Methadone Anonymous should remain forever non-professional, but our service centers may employ special workers.
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Methadone 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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Methadone Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the Methadone 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, and films.
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Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities.
