Making Amends After Drinking

Making amends after drinking is important. It's a time during which you can make up for what the alcohol has done to you and your loved ones. By doing so you're able to grow and heal.

Making Amends After Drinking: The Various Types You'll Make

When you're going through the process of making amends after drinking you'll find there are a few different types you must make. These include:

Direct Amends mean taking personal responsibility and intimately discussing things with a person you want to reconcile with. Through this discussion you'll decide how to fix, re-pay or repair the relationship.

Indirect amends are made when you can't undo the damage. Whether you've committed a crime or can't physically talk to a person with whom you want to

With this in mind, you should only make amends when you understand a situation and feel a sincere need of atonement. In doing so you'll bring piece and closure to the broken relationships in your life.

The Difference Between Apologizing and Making Amends After Drinking

Making amends after drinking is very different from apologizing. An apology is like putting a bandaid on the pain until it disappears. While both you and the offended person feel better from this it doesn't correct the situation. It's important to understand that the other person needs a sincere interaction before they're willing to reconcile with you. This is where making amends comes in.

When you make amends you're reconnecting with people you've truly, deeply hurt. Remember, addiction severs intimate bonds between you and your loved ones. Regardless of whom you're making amends with, you must show humility and a desire to rectify the relationship.

Making amends after drinking is a process that starts with taking inventory of whom you've hurt and how you've hurt them. It's a process that won't always make you feel better, but is important nevertheless. As such, it's something your therapist will encourage you to do and then work with you through the