This section is often referred to as “cleaning up the wreckage of our past”. In 12 Step terms, it is making amends. As difficult as it might sound, it is the part of our recovery that our family and friends have been waiting for.

Nothing will go as far or do as much good for our relationships than admitting how our addiction has impacted others. If our family, friends and associates know nothing else about the 12 Steps, they know about amends and many of them will see our willingness to take this step as an indicator of our progress. 

Apart from what they want or need from it, it is tremendously freeing for us to set matters right.