Making
Amends
Finding a new freedom
Stories from AA Grapevine
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Making
Amends
Finding a new freedom
Stories from AA Grapevine
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Contents
Step Eight: We Don’t Rush Into Amends
The effects of Step Nine on our lives and others’ will last a long time—even a lifetime—so paving our way via Step Eight is vital
Ready to Sweep August 2015
From Our Fellows and From God February 1986
8 ½ October 1986
Learning How to Forgive January 1973
The Eighth Step October 1977
Real Men Don’t Make Amends—Do They? October 1984
How Willing Would You Be? August 1991
Addressing the Past with Our Wounded Parents
We find peace after all with the ones who witnessed our beginnings
My Last Amend June 2014
At My Father’s Grave March 2013
The Road From Reno September 2014
The Dad I Could Love March 2013
I Get to Be With Her September 2015
Making Amends January 1990