Amends in the Big Book

What would I not give to make amends.

Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all. 9.

Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others. 10.

We never apologize to anyone for depending upon our Creator.

We never apologize for God.

We must be willing to make amends where we have done harm, provided that we do not bring about still more harm in so doing.

If we are sorry for what we have done, and have the honest desire to let God take us to better things, we believe we will be forgiven and will have learned our lesson.

We have a list of all persons we have harmed and to whom we are willing to make amends.

Now we go out to our fellows and repair the damage done in the past.

We go to him in a helpful and forgiving spirit, confessing our former ill feeling and expressing our regret.

We suggested he write his first wife admitting his faults and asking forgiveness.

We discuss them with someone immediately and make amends quickly if we have harmed anyone.

Do we owe an apology?

After making our review we ask God’s forgiveness and inquire what corrective measures should be taken.

But we must try to repair the damage immediately lest we pay the penalty by a spree.

Next day they would be themselves again and we would forgive and try to forget.

You will no longer be self-conscious or feel that you must apologize as though your husband were a weak character.

Let them remember that his drinking wrought all kinds of damage that may take long to repair.

They cannot seem to forgive and forget.

If you concede that your employee is ill, can he be forgiven for what he has done in the past?

As we shall see, he now means a great deal to his community, and the major liabilities of thirty years of hard drinking have been repaired in four.