From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... restitution at
all, and in some cases ...
12&12 p.79,
Step Eight
Though in some cases we
cannot make restitution at
all, and in some cases action ought to be deferred, we should nevertheless make an accurate and really exhaustive survey of our
past life as it has affected other people.
2.
... restitution for
harm done?
12&12 p.24,
Step One
3.
... restitution, lest
complete disclosures do them or ...
12&12 p.83,
Step Nine
There will be those to whom
we can make only partial
restitution, lest complete disclosures
do them or others more harm than good.
4.
... restitution to
others is paramount, it is ...
12&12 p.80,
Step Eight
While the purpose of making restitution to others is paramount, it is
equally necessary that
we extricate from an examination of our personal relations every bit of information about ourselves and our fundamental difficulties that we can.
5.
... restitution to
those harmed, helpfulness to others, ...
BB xvi,
Foreword to Second Edition
Though he could not accept
all the tenets of the Oxford Groups, he was convinced of the need for moral inventory, confession of personality defects,
restitution to those harmed, helpfulness to
others, and the necessity of belief in and
dependence upon God.
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