Al-Anon's Twelve Concepts
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Carrying the message, as suggested in the Twelfth Step, is Service, Al-Anon's third legacy. Service, a vital purpose of Al-Anon, is action. Members strive to do as well as to be.
Anything done to help a relative or friend of an alcoholic is service: a telephone call to a despairing member or sponsoring a newcomer, telling one's story at meetings, forming groups, arranging for public information, distributing literature, and financially supporting groups, local services, and the World Service Office.
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1. The ultimate responsibility and authority for Al-Anon world services belongs to the Al-Anon groups.
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2. The Al-Anon Family Groups have delegated complete administrative and operational authority to their Conference and its service arms.
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3. The right of decision makes effective leadership possible.
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4. Participation is the key to harmony.
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5. The rights of appeal and petition protect minorities and insure that they be heard.
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6. The Conference acknowledges the primary administrative responsibility of the Trustees.
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7. The Trustees have legal rights while the rights of the Conference are traditional.
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8. The Board of Trustees delegates full authority for routine management of Al-Anon Headquarters to its executive committees.
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9. Good personal leadership at all service levels is a necessity. In the field of world service the Board of Trustees assumes the primary leadership.
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10. Service responsibility is balanced by carefully defined service authority and double-headed management is avoided.
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11. The World Service Office is composed of selected committees, executives and staff members.
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12. The spiritual foundation for Al-Anon’s world services is contained in the General Warranties of the Conference, Article 12 of the Charter.
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Reprinted with permission from the Al-Anon/Alateen Service Manual (P-24/27), © 2000, Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc.
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