Let’s Dare to Open the Door to Our Demons … Once More – Step 8
“If you know the
enemy and know your-
self you need not fear the
results of a hundred battles.”
– Sun Tzu (c. 403-221 BC) Chinese philosopher/ war tactician
Today’s SFZ
The Reasons We Plea … “Relieve Me of the Bondage of Self” – Step 8
THE BOND OF SELFLESSNESS – “Make us servants of Your will and grant us a bond of selflessness, that this may truly be Your work, not ours – in order that no addict, anywhere, need to die from the horrors of addiction.” (The Basic Text,p. xi on the self)
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Where Love, Faith & Willingness Vanquish All Fears – Step 8
NO TIME TO WASTE. JUMP INTO ACTION & OCCUPY LOVE TODAY! “But if a willing start is made, then the great advantages of doing this will so quickly reveal themselves that the pain will be lessened as one obstacle after another melts away.” (12 & 12, pp. 77 – 78)
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Putting a Stop to “the Thing that Transforms Us into Beasts” – Step 8
“We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts.”
– Patrick Henry (1738-1799) U.S. Revolutionary War Statesman
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“Access the Power of the Now” to Heal a Wounded Soul – Step 8
REMOVING “THE GROUND GLASS” – “The moral inventory is a cool examination of the damages that occurred to us during life and a sincere effort to look at them in a true perspective. This has the effect of taking the ground glass out of us, emotional substance that still cuts and inhibits.” (As Bill Sees It, p.140)
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Red Alert!!! Beware of Entering “The Triangle of Self-Obsession” – Step 8
“THE TRIANGLE OF SELF-OBSESSION” – “People, places, and things cannot possibly fill the emptiness inside of us, and we react to them with resentment, anger, and fear. Resentment, anger, and fear make up the triangle of self-obsession. All of our defects of character are forms of these three reactions.” (NA Information Pamphlet #12 on being selfish)
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The Wreckage We’ve Wrought May Have Some Utility After All -Step 8
WHAT’S A LITTLE HARM ANYWAYS – “We might next ask ourselves what we mean when we say that we have “harmed” other people. What kinds of “harm” do people do to one another, anyway? To define the word “harm” in a practical way, we might call it the result of instincts in collision, which cause physical, mental, emotional or spiritual damage to people.” (12 & 12, p. 80)
How to Unclench Our Vise-like Grip on Resentments – Step 8
THE SELF-DELUSION PRISON – “Some of us, though, tripped over a very different snag. We clung to the claim that when drinking we never hurt anybody but ourselves.” (12 & 12, p, 79)
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A Few Ways We can Honor the Veterans of Wars at Home, Abroad and the Wars within the Soul – Step 8
AND BY LETTING LOVE TAKE ROOT AND FLOW – “By giving unconditional love in the fellowship, we become more loving, and by sharing spiritual growth we become more spiritual.” [ Thusly, ] (The Basic Text, p. 82)
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Moving Thru Life with Grace is Measured by Inner Tranquility – Step 8
SUFFERING TRANSFORMED TO INNER TRANQUILITY – “A.A. is no success story in the ordinary sense of the word. It is a story of suffering transmuted, under grace, into spiritual progress.” (As Bill Sees IT, p.35)
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