Avoiding the damage you left behind in active addiction puts a definitive expiration date on your sobriety. For many newly sober individuals, the natural instinct is to bury the past, run from the wreckage, or hide behind the delusion that they “only hurt themselves.” But true, long-term spiritual freedom is not just about putting down the drink or drug. It requires cleaning up your side of the street through the structural process of making amends in recovery.
In this powerful episode of the Impact Recovery Podcast, host Sarah Pritchard sits down with Impact team members Jacob Swartz and Taner Godsey. Together, they strip away the sugarcoating around Alcoholics Anonymous Steps 8 and 9, breaking down the intense fear, programmatic preparation, and the profound miracles that occur when you finally confront your past.
If you are currently trapped in a cycle of restless discontent or paralyzed by the thought of facing those you have harmed, this conversation provides an unfiltered, real-world roadmap showing how squaring up with your past invites true, life-altering transformation.