OUR OWN FAMILY JEWELS – “We grow by our willingness to face and rectify errors and convert them into assets. The alcoholic’s past thus becomes the principal asset of the family and frequently it is almost the only one!” (The Big Book, p. 124)
“It is the enemy who can truly teach us to practice the virtues of compassion and tolerance.”
– 14th Dalai Lama (1935 – ) Tibetan spiritual leader on how to ease tensions
HARM DOES NOT HAPPEN IN A VACUUM – ” … Step Eight isn’t simply a restatement of our inventory. We are now looking for the people, places, and institutions we harmed, not just the types of harm we inflicted. [We] didn’t just lie; we lied to someone. [We] didn’t just steal; we stole from various people.” (It Works, How & Why, p. 56 to cause harm)