26 Septemba

By the time we reach the Eighth Step, we should have put away our blame throwers. In our addiction, we put ourselves in situations to be hurt by others. We also, through our defects, have managed to bring out the worst in people, our families, and employers.

We were told that although we are not responsible for our disease, we are accountable for our Recovery. In our Seventh Step, we learned that God has Forgiven us, and since we're not greater than God, we learn to Forgive ourselves. This will also enable us to become Willing to Forgive others, especially if we're not Forgiven by them. In this Step we achieve Freedom from the past guilt that trapped us.

We become Willing to make a list of people, places and things that we brought harm to. Almost anything or anyone we came in contact with, during our addiction, was a victim. Our Literature says that we also hurt ourselves in the process.

The harms we caused others could've been minor or major. The harms were physical, mental, Spiritual and emotional. We began to look at our side of the street.

As we wrote, our anger and resentments seemed to melt away. We began to build Awareness and gain new Perspectives about ourselves and others. We experience a deeper level of the Promise of Freedom.

We Share our Amends list with our Sponsor. They will show us except where to do so, would injure them or others.

In This Moment: We will clean up our side of the street. We will also, in time, learn to Forgive those that we think, real or imagined, harmed us.