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The alcoholics anonymous 12 steps progress through taking a moral inventory of yourself, making a list of people you have harmed by your drinking, and making amends to them. This can be very difficult to do. The 12 step program of AA is not an easy program to follow or complete.
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Many followers of Alcoholics Anonymous were not happy with this simplistic view of Steps 8 and 9. ... I was, however, aware of the harm that had been done to me by other alcoholics. Family members who had gone through the AA program had neglected making amends to me, much like Hanky had forgotten George Costanza.
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When I entered the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous for the first time, all I knew was that there were “steps”. As a matter of fact, I am not sure I even knew how many there were. Most of us are so focused on Step 9 that we forget that a thorough Step 8 is the key to making amends with dignity and certainly, less fear.
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Twelve-step program - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A twelve-step program is a set of guiding principles outlining a course of action for recovery from addiction, compulsion, or other behavioral problems. Originally proposed by Alcoholics Anonymous (...
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SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information > Family and Friends > Friends and Family of Alcoholics ... The next morning I did make my amends and asked if he was ready to give up the fight. No answer. Last night, when I got home from work, there was evidence of him vomitting in the family room and...
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SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information > Family and Friends > Friends and Family of Alcoholics ... I'd like to know how making amends to someone you don't care for went, and how did you come to terms with how you felt before you made the amends. Thanks; Karmic...
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Most of us begin making certain kinds of direct amends from the day we join Alcoholics Anonymous. ... They pointed out that the irresponsible had become responsible, and that by making financial independence part of its tradition, Alcoholics Anonymous had revived an ideal that its era had almost forgotten.
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