Step 9

Fear Squad

Along the sidelines of my mind, for most of my life, there have been a bevy of pom-pom waving fearleaders.  They're very non-triggering fearleaders, draped in black and drab.  They lead jeers and cheerless cheers...

Settling old debts

1. I recently went on a four day bus trip to several concentration camps near Hamburg, Germany, with residents from my native village. My village had less than 1000 inhabitants in 1944 when, in two SS raids, 95...

Amends making in Step 9

I dreaded Step Nine.  I could not imagine how I could possibly go to people to make amends for the things I’d done wrong.  All I ever wanted to do was to sweep those things under the rug or into a dark corner of a...