STEP EIGHT
MADE A LIST OF ALL PERSONS WE HAD HARMED AND BECAME WILLING TO MAKE AMENDS TO THEM ALL
Step Eight is the beginning of our public relations policy and the end of isolation from our fellows.
1. A fascinating adventure with our new found knowledge.
2. Back-tracking to survey human wreckage is required.
Discuss:
A. How we harmed others by gambling?
B. Injuries that we caused to others are festering. What are we doing about them?
Our first obstacle in Step Eight is our defensive attitude.
1. We focus on wrongs done to us.
2. Step Five was tough enough...let’s observe some of the good we have done.
Discuss:
A. Blaming.
B. Do we dwell on our limited successes? Do we avoid painful views in the mirror?
C. Enemies who became friends. Why?
Step Eight asks us to make a "deep and honest" search of our true motives and actions.
1. We may feel we mainly injured ourselves.
2. Why list people who may not know they were injured and harmed?
Discuss:
A. Our anger and impatience. How these affect and tax others.
B. Specific harm done to others...not monetary.
C. Should our "list" enlarge as we recover from gambling?
D. Are we manipulating and pressuring any loved ones today?
We are advised to use a "quiet" objective view to identify harm done to others.
1. Avoid extreme judgments and exaggerations.
2. Avoid building unwarranted pressures.
Discuss:
A. Meaning of the slogan "Don’t try to solve all your problems at once.
B. Is self confidence growing in GA... or are we getting "Cured?"
C. Meaning of the slogan "Easy Does It."