Be Prepared to Let the Spirit Soar Beyond Your Wildest Dreams – Step 9

AND REACH FOR THE STARS – “There is no model of the recovering addict. When the drugs go and the addict works the program, wonderful things happen. Lost dreams awaken and new possibilities arise. Our willingness to grow spiritually keeps us buoyant.” (The Basic Text, p.91)

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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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When do We Really Cause Harm … People, Places, & Things, Revisited – Step 8

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)

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