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12 Hidden Rewards of Making Amends

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Break the Chains: Hidden Rewards of Making Amends


Did you know there are hidden rewards to making amends? Without a willingness to experience our painful feelings, we can never grow and mature into the person we\'d like to be. We can never reach our potential. We can never become our true-self.


To grow, we must stay in close contact with our experience, whatever it is. We need to stay in close contact with how we behaved in our relationships in order to make a thorough list of those we have harmed. We must face the wrongs we have done without running away from the truth.

-Excerpt from Dr. Berger\'s Book 12 Hidden Rewards of Making Amends

About Dr. Berger



Dr. Allen Berger is a psychotherapist in Redondo Beach, California who has been in recovery since 1971. He has written extensively about the experience of recovery, emotional sobriety, and the psychological forces operating in the Twelve Steps. He is author of 12 Stupid Things that Mess Up Recovery, 12 Smart Things to do When the Booze and Drugs are Gone, and 12 Hidden Rewards of Making Amends.


Learn more about Dr. Berger and his work