Hello, my name is Mike and I am an alcoholic.

I found out years ago that the word “amend” comes from a Latin word meaning to fix or to mend. In AA, I learned that I had harmed others during my drinking and that I needed to do my best to fix the damage I had done; not to apologize, not say I was sorry and would never do it again. They had heard that many times before. I had to fix it. If I owed money, I paid money -- like for like. Some amends I have not yet been able to make. Some I owe amends to are dead; some, I do not know where they are. I have done my best, but I know I have more to make. I will likely be making them as long as I live. I drank for 30 years. I may need to make amends for 30 years. If that is the price of sobriety, I will pay it gladly.

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