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

I like to think so, and so does the second step of the 12 Steps, which reads:
Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
For people in recovery, this means that it’s going to take God (or a Higher Power) – not their moms, not their girlfriends, not their best friends or their doctors or their probation officers or even their sponsors – it’s going to take God (or that Higher Power) to manage their lives. To manage their addictions.
For people who’ve experienced mental health problems – or who continue to experience mental health problems …read more