Overheard in Recovery - Shame and Guilt

From a lecture by a friend to people in early recovery:

We need to turn our shame into guilt so it's repairable.

As the old saying goes- I have guilt when I do bad things. I have shame when I feel I am bad. Therefore it is a good thing to move away from the issues of shame, look at the actions for which we may rightly feel guilty, and then repair our lives through

• admission,
• amends, and
• forgiveness.