The Twelve Traditions of S.L.A.A.
- Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon S.L.A.A. unity.
- For our group purpose, there is but one ultimate authority — a loving God as this Power
may be expressed through our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants;
they do not govern. - The only requirement for S.L.A.A. membership is a desire to stop living out a pattern of
sex and love addiction. Any two or more persons gathered together for mutual aid in
recovering from sex and love addiction may call themselves an S.L.A.A. group, provided
that as a group they have no other affiliation. - Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or S.L.A.A.
as a whole. - Each group has but one primary purpose — to carry its message to the sex and love
addict who still suffers. - An S.L.A.A. group or S.L.A.A. as a whole ought never endorse, finance, or lend the
S.L.A.A. name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money,
property, or prestige divert us from our primary purpose. - Every S.L.A.A. group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.
- S.L.A.A. should remain forever nonprofessional, but our service centers may employ
special workers. - S.L.A.A. as such ought never be organized; but we may create service boards or
committees directly responsible to those they serve. - S.L.A.A. has no opinion on outside issues; hence the S.L.A.A. name ought never be
drawn into public controversy. - Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always
maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio, TV, film, and other public media.
We need guard with special care the anonymity of all fellow S.L.A.A. members. - Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions, ever reminding us to place
principles before personalities.