An EDA Member Works the Steps (Big Book 515)

Step Nine: Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.

Finding the person who owned the parked car I’d sideswiped proved impossible. I thought I knew when and where the incident had occurred and what type of car I had hit, but my search of police records revealed nothing. I talked with my sponsor about the situation, and she suggested determining the amount of money the repair would have cost and donating the money to M.A.D.D. (Mothers Against Drunk Drivers). After talking the situation over with my husband (since he would be affected by the loss of income), I did exactly that.