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September 2001

A Pat On the Back

Step 9 - Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.

When I was just shy of my fifth AA birthday, I finally completed my Eighth Step, and I was very proud of the list I had compiled of the people I'd harmed and was willing to make amends to. I even carried a pocket notebook around with me so that as names from the past popped into mind I could jot them down. The list had dozens of names on it, and several "John Does" whose names I couldn't remember.

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