The 12 Traditions of Cocaine Anonymous


TRADITION 1:
Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon C.A. unity. 

TRADITION 2:
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.
TRADITION 3:
The only requirement for C.A. membership is a desire to stop using cocaine and all other mind-altering substances.
TRADITION 4:
Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or C.A. as a whole.
TRADITION 5:
Each group has but one primary purpose — to carry its message to the addict who still suffers. 
TRADITION 6:
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.
TRADITION 7:
Every C.A. group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions. 
TRADITION 8:
Cocaine Anonymous should remain forever nonprofessional, but our service centers may employ special workers.
TRADITION 9:
C.A., as such, ought never be organized; but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve.
TRADITION 10:
Cocaine Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the C.A. name ought never be drawn into public controversy.
TRADITION 11:
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.
TRADITION 12:
Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our Traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities.


The Twelve Traditions are reprinted and adapted with permission of Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. Permission to reprint and adapt the Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous does not mean that A.A. is affiliated with this program. A.A. is a program of recovery from alcoholism. Use of the Traditions in connection with programs and activities which are patterned after A.A. but which address other problems does not imply otherwise. Approved Literature. Cocaine Anonymous World Services, Inc. Copyright 2003.


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