12 Steps in 12 Days: A Look at Step 8 of Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.)
General Service Conference approved literature lists Step 8 of the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous as follows:
“8. We made a list of all the persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all.”
The Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book states, “We have a list of all persons we have harmed and to whom we are willing to make amends. We made it when we took inventory. We subjected ourselves to a drastic self- appraisal. Now we go out to our fellows and repair the damage done in the past. We attempt to sweep away the debris which has accumulated out of our effort to live on self-will and run the show ourselves. If we haven’t the will to do this, we ask until it comes. Remember it was agreed at the beginning we would go to any lengths for victory over alcohol.”
