Unity is the common bond that transcends our differences; admitting we lack power and cannot recover alone, we find strength and direction together. By sharing experience and working the Twelve Steps and Traditions, we grow in humility, acceptance, love, tolerance, and respect—rising above prejudice of religion, ethnicity, economic status, age, gender, or sexual orientation to carry the C.A. message. Tradition One reminds us that our common welfare comes first because personal recovery depends on C.A. unity. In practice, we carry the message, emphasise principles before personalities, welcome newcomers, communicate openly, hold unity-building workshops and activities, encourage service, and use group inventories—so recovery remains possible, together.
Unity is a common bond that transcends all differences. We’ve discovered no matter how different our circumstances or the paths that brought us here, we all suffer from the same disease: addiction.
We admitted our lack of power and accepted that we could not recover alone. The strength and direction of our recovery is found in our unity.
We are people who might never have mixed. Addiction and recovery are the threads that bind us. We relate to such feelings as grandiosity, insecurity, jealousy, and false pride and are reminded we are all alike. By sharing our experience with other addicts and working the Twelve Steps of C.A., we come to know humility, security, acceptance, and self-worth.