THE SARNIA
'BUILDING BRIDGES'
FAMILIES ANONYMOUS FELLOWSHIP

TWELVE TRADITIONS

1. Our common welfare should come first; personal progress for the greatest number depends on unity.

2. For our group purposes there is but one authority - a loving God, as He may express Himself in our 
    group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants - they do not govern.

3. Individuals concerned with another’s abuse of drugs or related problems of living, when gathered
    together for mutual aid, may call themselves a Families Anonymous Group provided that, as a group,
    they have no other affiliation. The only requirement for membership is a concern about the use of
    mind altering substances or related behavioral problems of a relative or friend.
4. Each group should be independent, except in matters affecting other groups or F.A. as a whole.

5. Each group has but one primary purpose, to help those concerned with someone who may have a 
    problem    of drug abuse or dependence. We do this by practicing the Twelve Steps of this program,
    be encouraging and understanding those affected by this illness, and be welcoming and giving comfort to
    the families and friends of individuals with a current, suspected, or former drug problem.

6. Our Family Groups ought never endorse, finance, or lend our name to any outside enterprise, lest
    problems of money, property, and prestige divert us from our primary purpose.

7. Every group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.

8. Families Anonymous Twelfth Step work should remain forever non-professional, but our service centers
    may employ special workers.

9. Our groups, as such, ought never be organized, but we may create service boards or committees
    directly responsible to the groups they serve.

10. Families Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence our name ought never be drawn into 
      public controversy.

11. Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain 
      personal anonymity at the level of press, radio, films and TV. We need guard with special care the
      anonymity of our members, as well as those of other recovery programs.