Step 8: The List
Step 8 — Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
Love. I listed everyone I harmed and became willing to make it right with every one of them.
Two separate jobs live in this step, and only the first is the list. The second — becoming willing — takes as long as it takes. Your inventory already named most of these people. Put them all down, including the ones you'll never be ready to face today. The list tool below tracks who's on it and how willing you are, one honest notch at a time. Worry about the how in step nine.
What to read alongside Step 8
📚 Companion reading: Big Book pages 76–77; the Twelve and Twelve's chapter on step eight.
The list, and the willingness that has to come with it.
What working Step 8 looks like
These are the reflection questions 1more24 asks you at this step. The answers underneath are written examples — one person's, invented for this page.
Who did you leave off the list on purpose? What would help you become willing — even eventually?
Someone on your list may have hurt you worse than you hurt them. Can you write your side of that street anyway?
Invented, not anyone's real writing — and it couldn't be. Every member's journal is encrypted with their own password, so this application cannot read a single word of it.
Working Step 8, not just reading it
1more24 gives this step a private journal, reflection questions written for it, and a companion who knows where you are in the work. Everything you write is encrypted with your own password — nobody else can read it, not even us. Free and open to all.