A Closer Look: Step Nine in a Twelve-Step Program 9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others. Step Nine Outlined This Step is about "making peace with ourselves and others. That is the purpose of amends." "TAKING OUT THE LISTS" "This Step takes us a major leap forward in establishing boundaries - the difference between us and another person, the difference between our behavior and another's. It also grounds us in what will become a new way of life: allowing other people to have their paths and issues and learning to have our own. In this Step, we learn to own our power to take responsibility for ourselves and our conduct in relationships." "A fringe benefit of this Step is that we can now feel good about our conduct in relationships and can set ourselves free from conduct we feel uncomfortable with." "If you have done your work in the other Steps, you have a list of people. I...