Official A.A. statement
The Declaration of Unity
“This we owe to A.A.’s future: To place our common welfare first; to keep our Fellowship united.”
The official statement continues by connecting A.A. unity with lives now and in the future. The complete statement is linked below in A.A.’s official source record.
Statement first. The Miami record explains its introduction; it is not the Declaration itself.
What the statement names
Four ideas held in one declaration
This reading aid follows the statement’s own sequence and does not replace its official wording.
- A.A.’s future
- The opening identifies an obligation carried forward.
- Common welfare
- The statement places the Fellowship’s shared welfare first.
- Fellowship unity
- It calls for keeping the Fellowship united.
- Lives to come
- Its concluding thought reaches beyond the present moment.
The statement’s focus
A.A.’s future and Fellowship unity
- It names a responsibility owed to A.A.’s future.
- It places common welfare first.
- It calls for keeping the Fellowship united.
- It connects A.A. unity with the lives of those present and those still to come.
Read it in A.A.’s records
One statement, confirmed across official A.A. sources
The official statement page, A.A. timeline, Service Manual, and Twelve Traditions material provide the source record.
Statement pageA.A. presents the Declaration of Unity beside the Responsibility Statement.
A.A. timelineThe 1970 entry records the Miami convention and the Declaration’s keynote role.
Service ManualThe current official manual prints the Declaration with other core A.A. statements.
TraditionsOfficial Twelve Traditions material also presents the Declaration in its unity context.
Continue through the context
Five related guides
Related sections
Follow unity into A.A. life
Official context
Read the statement and its unity framework
Official source record: A.A. statement page, A.A. Timeline, and The A.A. Service Manual.