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August 1962

The Twelve Steps Revisited/Step 9

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

SOMEWHERE around the house I have a note from an acquaintance, chiding me because I was inadvertently rude to him in a preoccupied moment. I'll have to make amends, because I can stay sober only by working the Twelve Steps, and one of them suggests amends be made to those we harm. It brings me back to Step Nine and requires me to rethink my relationships with the universe I live in.

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