ACOA Red Book Step Nine
9. Made direct amends to such people whenever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
I feel like I need to make amends to our current and past pets. I think I have sometimes used our pets to fulfill my own needs without considering their needs. There are times when we weren't in a good financial place to have pets, but my emotional needs came first, my need to "help" and I took on too many pets, or pets with temperaments that I couldn't handle, to the detriment of my family and our finances, other people and the animal's well being. I have a reasonable number of pets right now and I take good care of them now, so I hope, in that way, I am making some amends, but past experience with some of our pets is the major guilt and shame I carry in my life.