Originally Posted by Tazman53

Panda once I got sober in order to stay sober I had to work on clearing up the wreckage of my past to deal with all of the shame and guilt I carried around with me.

I have made amends to every person I have been able to so far, I have found that actions (Staying sober mainly) speak far louder then words. So far I have yet to have one single person I made amends to for some of the trash I did in my past to be very open to forgiving me of my wrongs and have asked nothing more of me then to stay sober for amends.

There are people who may not forgive me, but I need to clean my side of the street, clear my conscious per say, if I have made a sincere effort to make amends and they chose not to accept apologies, I just need to realize that I have done all I can do, I have made the effort.

Why carry around baggage you can rid your self of? This is one of the greatest things about doing the steps, it sets us free of our past and let's us move forward with our lifes one day at a time.