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sugErspun · 01-16-2009, 02:58 PM

Exactly - step 5 can look pretty daunting, heck step 9 looked even worse!

That is why there is 1-4.

Once I had a complete 4th step - I was more than willing to read it, discuss it with another...I had to be rid of that stuff and the 5th step was the action I took. The book says that we THINK we have learned of humility, fearlessness and honesty - it becomes a reality when we sit down and look someone in the eye and LET IT OUT.

You will be ready, or else it won't happen - and if it doesn't happen it is my belief that an alcoholic of my type will drink again (I don't think I am alone in this belief). I think most people who never do the 5th never really finish the 4th because they think they had an option at the 3rd because they really didn't come to believe at the 2nd because they have reservations about step 1.

01-16-2009, 02:58 PM	#2 (permalink)
sugErspun Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,694	Exactly - step 5 can look pretty daunting, heck step 9 looked even worse! That is why there is 1-4. Once I had a complete 4th step - I was more than willing to read it, discuss it with another...I had to be rid of that stuff and the 5th step was the action I took. The book says that we THINK we have learned of humility, fearlessness and honesty - it becomes a reality when we sit down and look someone in the eye and LET IT OUT. You will be ready, or else it won't happen - and if it doesn't happen it is my belief that an alcoholic of my type will drink again (I don't think I am alone in this belief). I think most people who never do the 5th never really finish the 4th because they think they had an option at the 3rd because they really didn't come to believe at the 2nd because they have reservations about step 1. __________________ "Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." - Soren Kierkegaard