3.) Our membership ought to include all who suffer from alcoholism. Hence we may refuse none who wish to recover. Nor ought A.A. membership ever depend upon money or conformity. Any two or three alcoholics gathered together for sobriety may call themselves an A.A. Group, provided that, as a group, they have no other affiliation.
You forgot one. "Sobriety" per AA definition.
Freedom from "
Alcohol" through the practice and teaching of the 12 steps.
Another one worth pointing out since we're speaking of steps
Step #1 We admitted we were
powerless over alcohol-that our lives had become unmanagable.
If anyone is unable or unwilling to take all 12 steps, as they are written, perhaps AA is not the place for you.
I do like the idea of a sticky for this thread. If a sticky is granted I would hope all 3rd tradition debate is deleted