🧑‍🎄 Do you need to make amends?

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🧰 Daily Motivation & Therapy: Making Amends Part 1 of 2

Making amends can be freaking hard. The anxiety that builds up ahead of the actual process makes it even harder.

We often equate making amends with apologizing. But there is so much more to it than that. Making amends is about making things right. It’s the desire to heal broken relationships.

Contrary to popular belief, not EVERYTHING can be fixed with duct tape.

Trying to fix a broken relationship isn’t an easy task. Just the act of saying you’re sorry & admitting to mistakes takes an incredible amount of courage. But if you really are sincere in your intention to set things right, then you gotta do what you gotta do. And the decision to make amends with the people you’ve hurt is already a huge step.

Here are some starter tips on how to make amends & start healing broken relationships:

Allow yourself to open up & be vulnerable. If you really want to make amends, you need to tell the other person what you actually feel. Let them know your regrets & your hopes.

Ask yourself, why do you want to make amends? Is it because you sincerely want to patch things up with them? You may need to rethink your intentions if it's for selfish reasons.

Apologize, & mean it. An apology, if not sincere, is just a waste of time. For an apology to achieve its purpose, it should come from the heart. You don’t need too many words or grand gestures. You just need to show true remorse for what you’ve done.

Lower your Pride. For a ridiculous amount of reasons, we addicts tend to be proud people, which makes no sense whatsoever. To be sincere, you need to accept that you aren't perfect & that you're also very capable of making mistakes (sometimes even a pro). Instead of blaming others for your bad decisions, own up to them.

Don’t make excuses. Making excuses for your mistakes is just as bad as putting the blame on others. If you do that, you are justifying your actions instead of asking for forgiveness.

Now, take a deep breath. Because you’re halfway through the amends process & the most challenging part (just doing the thing) is already over. In our next newsletter, we’ll go over the next steps, like listening to the other person & following up your words with actions.

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Making Amends: Finding a New Freedom features 55 candid, firsthand stories from Grapevine magazine that reveal members’ personal experiences with Step Nine of the AA program, which includes making direct amends, wherever possible, to those we’ve harmed.

The book includes chapters on making amends with parents, children, family members, exes & old friends, financial institutions, & coworkers, & powerfully illustrates how this process can help us, as AA’s co-founder Bill W. wrote, “know a new freedom & a new happiness.”

Sobriety can feel like a lonely endeavor, but these honest & personal narratives will serve as reminders that you are very much not alone. Whether you find yourself challenged by the focus of Step Nine on your path to recovery, appreciate being reminded about why it’s so vital, or wish to reflect on your transformation, Making Amends is for you.

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