Step Eight

We made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all.

Download the workbook

Topic for thought

Today we are tackling Step 8, which is all about making a list of all the people we have hurt, either intentionally or unintentionally, and becoming willing to make amends by trying to put right the damage we have caused. !

​

The Issue

The purpose of Step 8 is to make a list of all those people we have hurt throughout our lives with a view to contacting them, where appropriate, and making amends. The purpose is trying to restore our damaged relationships wherever possible. It doesn’t matter what their response is – my responsibility is to clean up my side of the street.

​

The Goals

On completion of Step 8 we should be able to…

• Understand that making amends is not about my past, but about    my future

• Understand what is required to restore a damaged relationship

• Understand that I can be just as addicted to bitterness, hatred        and revenge as I can be to drugs or alcohol

• Understand that in making amends I don’t expect anything back      in return

• Understand that making an appropriate amend is all in the timing

• Understand that once I start working this step it is one of the              most liberating things I can experience

Watch the video for this step