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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“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)

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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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Ways to Stay Sane when the Unimaginable Strikes Out of the Blue – Step 8

AS THE SPIRIT GROWS – “Some things we must accept, others we can change. The wisdom to know the difference comes with growth in our spiritual program.” “This is the emotional stability that we so baldly need.”(The Basic Text, p. 95)

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How Not to Miss Out on The Most Precious Moments of Clarity – Step 8

THE PRECIOUS MOMENTS THAT TEACH –  “Since defective relations with other human beings have nearly always been the immediate cause of our woes … no field of investigation could yield more satisfying and valuable rewards than this one.” (12 & 12, p. 80)

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