Alcoholics Anonymous Preamble
June
1947
Note: This is the first issue of the AA Grapevine Magazine that the Preamble appeared. For more information about the Preamble you can find an article "What We Were Like: Fragments of AA History," AA Grapevine, May 1992.
Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism.
The only requirement for membership is an honest desire to stop drinking. AA has no dues or fees. It is not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organization or institution; does not wish to engage in any controversy, and neither endorses nor opposes any causes. Our primary purpose is to stay sober and to help other alcoholics to achieve sobriety.
The AA Program of Recovery is incorporated in The 12 Steps. The AA book of experience, Alcoholics Anonymous, and other literature, including The 12 Points of Tradition, are available through any group or the Central Office, PO Box 459, Grand Central Annex, New York 17, New York.
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