Lend a Hand to Save a Drowning Man & Watch a New Spirit Emerge – Step 8

“A DESIGN FOR LIVING” – “We, in our turn, sought the same escape with all the desperation of drowning men.” “A new life has been given us or, if you prefer, ‘a design for living’ that really works.” (The Big Book, p. 28 heart)

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Even when the World Feels as if it’s Teetering on a Precipice; Take Action & VOTE! – Step 8

FIRST WE ACCEPT THAT CHANGE TAKES TIME  AND TAKE ACTION –

“But we shouldn’t become discouraged if we find that we aren’t changing as quickly as we would like. We can’t expect to be free of all our defects overnight. (Overeaters Anon., pg. 56)

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“People Get Ready … The Train’s a Comin’ ” – Step 8

“GETTING OUR HOUSE IN ORDER” – “We become willing to let other people be who they are without having to pass judgment on them. The urgency to take care of things isn’t there anymore.” “[Our Higher Power] is helping us get our house in order.” (It Works, How and Why, p. 58)

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How True Grace can be Achieved with a Degree of Relative Ease – Step 8

WHEN THE SPIRIT HUNGERS –

“As our lives become more comfortable, many of us lapse into spiritual complacency, and risking relapse, we find ourselves in the same horror and loss of purpose from which we have been given only a daily reprieve (The BasicText, p. 95)

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The Time has Come for All of Us to Walk the Walk – Step 8

Acting Upon our Spiritual Principals- “To a degree, he has done this when taking a moral inventory, but now the time has come when he ought to redouble his efforts to see how many people he has hurt and in what ways.”  (12 & 12, p. 77)

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Must We Forever be, Chained Inextricably, to the Past for all Eternity … “It’s Time to Sing a New Song” – Step 8 begins

“It’s time for America to sing a new song. Our voices sing a chorus of unity. They sing a song of dignity and opportunity. Are y’all ready to add your voice to the new American song? Because I am. So let’s do this.”  – Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter (1981 – ) singer, songwriter speaking at Kamala Harris 30,000 person Tx rally for the 2024 presidential election

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Immense Healing Begins when We Heal the One We Harmed the Most

CONDUCTED IN "A SPIRIT OF SELF-LOVE & HEALING" - "Usually there is one person whom we have inflicted the greatest damage - ourselves." "So ... most of us need to write our own name." "... [U]ntil we can take this Step in a spirit of self-love and healing, we may not be ready for it." (How Al Anon Works, pp. 58- 59 on being harmed) Today's SFZ THE HARM WE HOLD INSIDE -  "Many of us had trouble seeing how we had harmed ourselves ... ." "Some of us have had a tendency to deny any responsibility, while others have…

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If You Ever Thought Timing is Everything; Then there can be No Doubt about It NOW – Step 9 Begins

THE SOLUTION – “Timing is an essential part of this step. We should make amends when the opportunity presents itself, except when to do so will cause harm.” “We want to be free of guilt, but we don’t wish to do so at the expense of anyone else.”  (The Basic Text, p. 32)

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When Confrontation Comes, “Remember, You don’t Choose Love; Love Chooses You” – Step 8

“Remember that you don’t choose love; love chooses you. All you really can do is accept it for all its mystery when it comes to your life. Feel the way it fills you to overflowing then reach out and give it away.”
– Kent Nerburn (1946 – ) U.S. spiritual author
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Truce Extended and Families Reunited lend out Grace and “Good Works” as a “Shield against Calamity” – Step 8

“He who carries out one good deed acquires one advocate on his own behalf, and he who commits one transgression acquires one accuser against himself. Repentance and good works are like a shield against calamity.”

– The Talmud (200 ~ 500 CE) a compendium of oral Jewish law

 

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