Step Eight does not ask that I list the harm others have done to me. It asks that I list the harm I have done to others and be willing to admit and correct my past errors. The first time I read Step Eight, my reaction was who have I harmed? To whom do I owe amends? I came to my first Nar-Anon meeting thinking I was the victim. The addict in my life was cruel, insensitive and self-centered. I was not the one who needed to make amends, I was owed amends…
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