PTF,
maybe i'm misunderstanding.....are you saying you divide things up into harm done while drinking /resulting from drinking and harm done resulting from a mental health issue such as depression or anxiety?
i see the amends-making as taking responsibility for and rectifying harms i did, regardless of why. i don't see how i could be "cleaning my side of the street" if i say "yeah, but i did that because of a, b, c and d, not because of drinking, so i don't need to clean that up."
if i did that, my side of the street would never be clean.
what am i missing or misunderstanding?
all this talk of street-cleaning....every time i read it or write it, i have this image in my head of everyone in the little german village i grew up in taking their broom every saturday around noon and literally sweeping their sidewalk and part of the road. yep. every saturday. clean and tidy. like clockwork.