The ninth step of the 12 Steps reads:
Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
Like the second step (and pretty much all the steps, when you get down to it), the ninth step can also apply to people with mental health issues.
Need proof? Reread my personal story at Can A Power Greater Than Yourself Restore You To Sanity? and then realize that I had to make amends with everyone I’d lied to, deceived, ignored, etc. during that time. My parents, my sister, my then husband, my best friends – once …read more