“We discuss them with someone immediately and make amends quickly if we have harmed anyone.” (Chapter Six, Big Book)
Here is a list I find helpful for identifying precisely how
I have harmed someone.
- Physical injury
- Damage to or theft of property
- Monetary loss
- Deprivation of time
- Interference, intrusion, and nuisance
- Unnecessary negative emotion
- Impaired or ruptured relationship with the individual
- Impaired or ruptured relationship with a third party
- Reputational harm
- Loss of opportunity for usefulness
- Deprivation of due help
- Help that deprives others of responsibility
- Misdirection from a position of authority