From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
RESTITUTION occurs
5 times
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Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... 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
Who
wants to
confess his
faults to another and make
restitution for
harm done?
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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