The Meaning of Forgiveness
This is the act of letting go of resentment or anger toward someone who has hurt you.
This step in the 12-step program involves making amends. (hint: it's in the second half of the steps)
Step 9
This practice can help you cultivate forgiveness through reflection and mindfulness.
Meditation
Forgiveness does not mean that you _______ what the person did.
Excuse or Accept
Forgiveness does not mean forgetting or excusing harm, it means ______________.
Choosing to heal and move forward
This step asks us to take personal inventory and admit our wrongs. (hint: it's in the second half of the steps)
Step 10
Name one common physical benefit of forgiveness.
Reduced stress, better sleep, lower blood pressure
Forgiving someone does not mean you must _____ them again.
Trust
This is the person most often forgotten when it comes to forgiveness.
Yourself
Forgiveness is often necessary to release what heavy emotional burden? (hint: it's an emotion that starts with a "g")
Guilt
Forgiveness can improve what relationships?
a) your family relationships / b) your friendships / c) your romantic relationships / d) all of the above
d) all of the above
True or False? Forgiving someone means you are weak.
False
This emotion often blocks the path to forgiveness.
Anger
This is the first person you must forgive in recovery.
Yourself
This is a key ingredient in forgiving others. (hint: it starts with an "e" and means putting yourself in someone else's shoes)
Empathy
Forgiveness is not just for the person who hurt you—it’s mostly for _____.
You
Which religious figure said: "Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us"?
Jesus
Forgiveness helps break the cycle of self-____ that often fuels addiction.
Self-hate
Forgiveness is not a one-time event. It's an ongoing _______.
Which Civil Rights leader said: "Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude"?
Martin Luther King, Jr.