Tradition Three

Short form:

"Three—The only requirement for A.A. membership is a desire to stop drinking."

Long form:

"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."

(our emphases)

Note: Both the Primary Purpose groups and other cult groups DO have other affiliations; these are therefore NOT AA groups, NOR should they be included in any Where to Find, and moreover their members should not be permitted to participate in the AA service structure at ANY level. Cult groups DO demand conformity - that is with their perversion of both the Fellowship and our programme. Cult groups DO attempt to "filter" out those who THEY JUDGE not to be alcoholic - which is NOT their call after all!!