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THE UNITY PROGRAM <br />In order to maintain unity our experience has shown that: <br />1. Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon group unity. <br />2. Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern. <br />3. The only requirement for Gamblers Anonymous membership is a desire to stop <br />gambling. <br />4. Each group should be self - governing except in matters affecting other groups or <br />Gamblers Anonymous as a whole. <br />5. Gamblers Anonymous has but one primary purpose - to carry its message to the <br />compulsive gambler who still suffers. <br />6. Gamblers Anonymous ought never endorse, finance or lend the Gamblers Anonymous <br />name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property and <br />prestige divert us from our primary purpose. <br />7. Every Gamblers Anonymous Group ought to be fully self - supporting, declining outside <br />contributions. <br />8. Gamblers Anonymous should remain forever non - professional, but our service centers <br />may employ special workers. <br />9. Gamblers Anonymous, as such, ought never be or organized; but we may create service <br />boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve. <br />10. Gamblers Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the Gamblers Anonymous <br />name ought never be drawn into public controversy. <br />11. Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always <br />maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio, films and television. <br />12. Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of the Gamblers Anonymous program, ever <br />reminding us to place principles before personalities. <br />Gamblers Anonymous offers the following questions to anyone who may have a gambling <br />problem. These questions are provided to help the individual decide if he or she is a <br />compulsive gambler and wants to stop gambling. <br />TWENTY QUESTIONS <br />1. Did you ever lose time from work or school due to gambling? <br />2. Has gambling ever made your home life unhappy? <br />3. Did gambling affect your reputation? <br />4. Have you ever felt remorse after gambling? <br />5. Did you ever gamble to get money with which to pay debts or otherwise solve financial <br />difficulties? <br />