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September 1979

Made Direct Amends

Time and his Higher Power had built a bridge to his sobriety

AFTER I HAD been in the Fellowship four and a half years, my brother invited me to visit him at his home in Ohio. I had been invited before, but I had doubts about my acceptance into his home, because of my track record. Our initial meeting after five years apart had me more nervous than the first time I spoke from an AA podium. The kangaroos in my tummy were having a real feisty boxing match.

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