The One Question That Can Repair Broken Trust

What if the words “I’m sorry” are not enough?

In this episode of Brick House, Jason Coombs walks through one of the most powerful parts of recovery: making real amends. Not the kind that asks someone else to hurry up and forgive you. Not the kind that tries to erase the past with one emotional conversation. Real amends are different.

They require honesty, specificity, humility, and sustained change.

Jason introduces the CLEAN Framework for making amends:

C — Choose the moment
L — Lay out the wrong
E — Express remorse without relying on “sorry”
A — Accept their terms
N — Now sustain the change

Through personal stories involving his mother, a friend he manipulated for money, a former coworker, and even the little boy inside himself, Jason shows why amends are not about controlling the other person’s reaction. They are about cleaning up your side of the street.

This episode is especially meaningful for anyone in recovery, anyone who loves someone in addiction, or anyone carrying the weight of unresolved harm, shame, or broken trust.

You’ll learn why asking, “How can I make this right with you?” can change everything — and why the real proof of an amends happens after the conversation.

Because amends are not theatrics.

Amends are truth plus change.

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