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The Unity Program
The Gamblers Anonymous Unity Program is a framework fo the
well-being of individual groups and the Fellowship as a whole.
The Unity Program is outlined in 12 steps and is meant to insure
the continuity and perpetuity of Gamblers Anonymous.
In order to maintain the Fellowship for present and future
members, both individual and groups follow the proven concepts
upon which the Unity Program is based. The essence of this
program is in the preservation of common welfare. Members
understand that what is best for the group is best for the
individual.
The Unity Program serves to protect the Fellowship from
disruption. Members work together under the principles of unity
in order to preserve and perpetuate the opportunity for
themselves and other compulsive gamblers to recove and grow
within the Fellowship
In order to maintain unity our experience has shown that:
(by clicking each step, you will find a brief explanation, which may
help you gain some perspective on the step)
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Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery
depends upon group unity.
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Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern.
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The only requirement for Gamblers Anonymous membership
is a desire to stop gambling.
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Each group should be self-governing except in matters
affecting other groups or Gamblers Anonymous as a
whole.
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Gamblers Anonymous has but one primary purpose - to carry
its message to the compulsive gambler who still
suffers.
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Gamblers Anonymous ought never endorse, finance or lend
the Gamblers Anonymous name to any related facility or outside
enterprise, lest problems of money property and prestige divert
us from our primary purpose.
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Every Gamblers Anonymous group ought to be fully
self-supporting, declining outside contributions.
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Gamblers Anonymous should remain forever
non-professional, but our service centers may employ special
workers.
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Gamblers Anonymous, as such, ought never be organized;
but we may create service boards or committees directly
responsible to those they serve.
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Gamblers Anonymous had no opinion on outside issues;
hence the Gamblers Anonymous name ought never be drawn
into public controversy.
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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 television.
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Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of the Gamblers
Anonymous program, ever reminding us to place principles
before personalities.
Click here for a complete
list of all the meetings in New Jersey along with details of
each meeting.
If you need immediate help, please call the
NJ Intergroup toll-free telephone hotline. It is manned by
volunteers on a 24 hours basis.
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