just made final amends... - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information

FightingIrish · 01-31-2009, 09:23 AM

I just finished my last direct amends on my list..I had been putting it off for about nine months. I was not willing, afraid, kept praying on it. For no reason at all I found myself picking up the phone this morning. This is a family member (my aunt) I hadn't spoken to in about 10 years. Turns out I had made a big deal over nothing. I am going to see her in a couple of weeks.

Funny how the one I thought would be most difficult turned out to be almost nothing at all.

jimhere · 01-31-2009, 11:11 AM

Right on and thanks for sharing this. Now you can truly say that you have a spiritual awakening as the result of the steps. And now you know why the biggest little word in the steps is "all."

Now the trick is to stay current in 10,11, & 12.
Jim

Tommyh · 01-31-2009, 06:37 PM

there was a reason you picked up the phone today,it was a HP working in you friend.
thanks for the post,and keep on trucking..

Tazman53 · 02-02-2009, 09:23 AM

That is awesome, I still have some to make, not tough ones at all, but they are due, it has simply been difficult to arrange with them.

PaulN · 02-02-2009, 01:49 PM

I love hearing this stuff. Thanks for sharing it.

Heard someone say that after being finished with step 9, that there isn't a room any where on the planet where we'll find a stomach jumper.

A stomach jumper being that person you see walk in the room and you say "Oh crap ..." as your stomach jumps. lol.

RufusACanal · 02-02-2009, 02:03 PM

What an amazing feeling! Thank you for this news!

Cathy31 · 02-04-2009, 05:35 AM

WOW that's so awesome!!! WELL DONE Irish! Awesome.
Cathy31
x

CAPTAINZING2000 · 02-04-2009, 07:07 AM

A lot of things are just in our great magnifying mind.
We hold off on making amends to people and we find out, they've forgiven and forgotten.

We make amends mostly for us to make us humble in my opinion unless, there's monetary amends to make.
I see people in the program trying to not make amends and they become a thorn for them. You can't go off and not pay your bills. I was brought up to believe, this was stealing.

nelco · 02-05-2009, 05:58 AM

proves once again..............it works if you work it. Thanks for sharing this. This has helped me today.

01-31-2009, 09:23 AM	#1 (permalink)
FightingIrish problem with authority Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 873	just made final amends... I just finished my last direct amends on my list..I had been putting it off for about nine months. I was not willing, afraid, kept praying on it. For no reason at all I found myself picking up the phone this morning. This is a family member (my aunt) I hadn't spoken to in about 10 years. Turns out I had made a big deal over nothing. I am going to see her in a couple of weeks. Funny how the one I thought would be most difficult turned out to be almost nothing at all. __________________ "Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness."

02-02-2009, 09:23 AM	#4 (permalink)
Tazman53 Follow Directions! Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Fredericksburg, Va. Posts: 9,745	That is awesome, I still have some to make, not tough ones at all, but they are due, it has simply been difficult to arrange with them. __________________ All BB quotes are from the First Edition of the BB Follow directions! Sobriety date 18 Sept. 2006 Sober today thanks to AA

02-02-2009, 02:03 PM	#6 (permalink)
RufusACanal Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Birmingham, AL Posts: 1,927	What an amazing feeling! Thank you for this news! __________________ "It is what you learn after you know it all that counts." John Wooden Excerpts from Original Manuscript of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous

02-04-2009, 05:35 AM	#7 (permalink)
Cathy31 1 bite&all resistance crumbles Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: IRELAND Posts: 2,160	WOW that's so awesome!!! WELL DONE Irish! Awesome. Cathy31 x __________________ Sober since 22nd March 2006 by the Grace of God and the Programs & Fellowship of AA and NA Life is Beautiful! Fake it til you make it...

02-04-2009, 07:07 AM	#8 (permalink)
CAPTAINZING2000 Psalm 118:24 Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: ILLINOIS Posts: 9,445 Blog Entries: 1	A lot of things are just in our great magnifying mind. We hold off on making amends to people and we find out, they've forgiven and forgotten. We make amends mostly for us to make us humble in my opinion unless, there's monetary amends to make. I see people in the program trying to not make amends and they become a thorn for them. You can't go off and not pay your bills. I was brought up to believe, this was stealing. __________________ LIFE IS GOD'S GIFT TO YOU WHAT YOU DO WITH YOUR LIFE IS YOUR GIFT TO GOD J - Jesus first O - Others next Y - Yourself last John 14:6 Last edited by CAPTAINZING2000; 02-04-2009 at 07:24 AM.

01-31-2009, 11:11 AM	#2 (permalink)
jimhere Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Pugetopolis Posts: 2,392	Right on and thanks for sharing this. Now you can truly say that you have a spiritual awakening as the result of the steps. And now you know why the biggest little word in the steps is "all." Now the trick is to stay current in 10,11, & 12. Jim

01-31-2009, 06:37 PM	#3 (permalink)
Tommyh Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: N.C. Posts: 18,391	there was a reason you picked up the phone today,it was a HP working in you friend. thanks for the post,and keep on trucking..

02-02-2009, 01:49 PM	#5 (permalink)
PaulN Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: IL Posts: 108	I love hearing this stuff. Thanks for sharing it. Heard someone say that after being finished with step 9, that there isn't a room any where on the planet where we'll find a stomach jumper. A stomach jumper being that person you see walk in the room and you say "Oh crap ..." as your stomach jumps. lol.

02-05-2009, 05:58 AM	#9 (permalink)
nelco Living in sobriety Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 3,868	proves once again..............it works if you work it. Thanks for sharing this. This has helped me today.

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