Step Eight
"Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and
became willing to make amends to them all."
When I made the list of all persons I had harmed this
included all people places and things
Steps eight and step nine
for me just go together making the list and making the amends
Well after I made that list of all persons I had
harmed in step four I sure did not become willing to make amends to them all
I still had a lot more of this cleaning up the
wreckage of my past lots more work to do there
I still had to accept the new knowledge of myself
with new attitudes and new behaviors
this was hard when in the back of my mind I still had
those big dreams of grandeur
where I was still the greatest thing that ever happen
to mankind her on earth
I look at everything that others did to me did not
look at much of how I treated others
I had an angry and negative way of taken a look at
myself I felt I was the victim not them
My sponsor asked me just what part did you play did
you look at what’s wrong in your attitude
Stop looking at how you think others did you have
your list of people you have harmed
And you had better become willing to start making
those amends if you want to stay sober
Well for me actually visiting or even writing the
people overwhelmed me
I took my time with this face-to-face admission of
those I had hurt
It had been embarrassing enough when I had admitted
these things my sponsor
And now he wants me to go to all these people and
really make that amend
WOW that at first sucked but sure glad I finally
started the amends was not so bad after all
People accepted my amends and most forgave me for the
wrongs
What a relief now that it’s all out in the open and
God did watch over me thru it all
I even made amends to myself thru forgiveness of self
Thanks for being here for me God bless
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