Originally Posted by
ScottFromWI 
Living amends are a way of living your life in a way to not let whatever happened before happen again. It's literally amending YOUR life to live in a new, better way.
I grew up in a household where amends were regularly made. The problem is the behavior never changed.
When I got sober no one especially my wife wanted to hear I was sorry.
What they wanted was a change in my behavior and rightfully so.