Thought for today: It’s embarrassing to have to admit when we are wrong. It blows our image of ourselves. But better to suffer a little embarrassment if it helps maintain our solvency and serenity in the long run. DA Step 9: 9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would […]
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Thought for today: Step Ten is simple. We’ve already done each piece of it in Steps 4-9. And it helps keep us on track in maintaining our solvency. In the earlier Steps, we’ve taken a moral inventory, shared it with our Higher Power and another human being. We’ve become entirely ready to remove our shortcomings, […]
Continue reading →Thought for today: Recovery starts by taking care of ourselves again. It branches out from a place of self-care. That’s why a repayment plan can’t come first. We need to find our inner truth first. We need to know what our income and expenses are for a month. A member shares: “My sponsor shortened my list […]
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Thought for today: When we talk about harms done as compulsive debtors, we should probably put ourselves at the top of the list of those affected. Years of compulsive debting can leave us feeling ashamed, scared, and frustrated. The debts we incurred may take time to sort out. Our creditors suffered, too. They expected to be paid on […]
Continue reading →Thought for today: We make a list of people we have harmed in step eight, and become willing to make amends to them all. Whether we actually make amends or not is irrelevant at this point. Our willingness is what matters in this step. We start by reviewing our fourth step, where we discovered our […]
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