July 6

We made a list of the people, places and things we harmed. Most of us had a lot of our list from our Fourth Step. We found that by the time we reached our Eighth Step list; we were the major cause of our dysfunctional relationships.

The common denominator was ourselves in the using mode. The disease of addiction seemed to have formed a lot of our ideas and perceptions.

Since we live what we believe, we acted and reacted very poorly. Our relationships in active addiction grew to be conditional and one sided.

This form of dishonesty affected our personalities at a deep level. Like our Literature says, " most of all we harmed ourselves. " Our Literature says by writing we, " unlock parts of our subconscious which remain hidden when we simply think about or talk about who we are. " The healing is in the writing. That's why as we make our list and write the harms we caused each person, place, or thing, we become Willing. The Willingness comes after we make our list.

Some of us had to Pray to become Willing just to make the list. The Honesty we displayed to God, ourselves and another person in the Fifth Step will Help us here.

The level of Honesty will increase with each Surrender we make. The Promise of Freedom keeps Fulfilling itself with each Step taken and Lived.