A Desire to Heal.

The Twelve Traditions are a set of guidelines originally developed to keep the Alcoholics Anonymous groups healthy, and were later slightly modified and picked up by other Twelve Steps groups. The Twelve Steps were suggested tools to help keep the individuals healthy. Robert Greenleaf once proposed creating an organization, he suggested calling “Seekers Anonymous,” whose goal would be to help members to heal from the structural flaws of society. This the third part of a series on some possible guidlines for such an organization based on principles from Alcoholics Anonymous and its sister organization Alanon's Twelve Traditions.

Tradition Three: The only requirement for membership is a desire to heal.

What this means is that only an individual member has the authority to decide if that individual will belong to the group. If the individual wants to belong, they belong. Noone can keep them out. There are no credentials, gender limitations, income limitations, ethnicity restrictions, religious preferences, or any other restrictions. No applications are filled out, no dues are paid, no membership lists are kept, no rules restrict membership, and no attendance is taken. There are no judges of who should or should not belong. There are no punishments for non-compliance. Attendance is equivalent to membership.