Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions - 1.09 Step Nine

Step Nine from the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, a collection of Bill W.’s essays on the Steps and the Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous.

Readiness to accept the consequences of the past and to take responsibility for the well-being of others is at the heart of A.A.’s Ninth Step. This chapter clarifies the process by which recovering alcoholics commence repairing relationships damaged by their drinking.

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