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McGowdog · 04-18-2009, 03:24 PM

Are you saying you've come to terms with something that's inside of you that's causing others harm; and you're not willing to let God remove it?

You mean 4th Step inventory, right? Who did you 5th step it with?

Well, This is a good question. Don't do anything until you're willing. You may have to pray to God for the willingness...or something like that.

If the willingness doesn't come, then maybe that's because when you did your 6th step, you didn't become willing to have God remove all these defects of character, because in your 5th Step, you held something back or kept some secret from that person you 5th stepped with, because when you were writing your 4th step, you held back on a piece of inventory, because when you did your 3rd step, you didn't turn all of your will and all of your life over to the care of God or didn't decide to let God be the Director, Prinipal, Father and you the agent, child, because in your 2nd Step you didn't decide God was everything or that God could and would do for you what you could not do for yourself because you didn't concede to your inner most self that you're an Alcoholic because you think you have Power over alcohol.

So ask yourself, is this stuff in the "my part" column of your inventory worth drinking bourbon over?

04-18-2009, 03:24 PM	#6 (permalink)
McGowdog Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Southern Colorado Posts: 1,174	Are you saying you've come to terms with something that's inside of you that's causing others harm; and you're not willing to let God remove it? You mean 4th Step inventory, right? Who did you 5th step it with? Well, This is a good question. Don't do anything until you're willing. You may have to pray to God for the willingness...or something like that. If the willingness doesn't come, then maybe that's because when you did your 6th step, you didn't become willing to have God remove all these defects of character, because in your 5th Step, you held something back or kept some secret from that person you 5th stepped with, because when you were writing your 4th step, you held back on a piece of inventory, because when you did your 3rd step, you didn't turn all of your will and all of your life over to the care of God or didn't decide to let God be the Director, Prinipal, Father and you the agent, child, because in your 2nd Step you didn't decide God was everything or that God could and would do for you what you could not do for yourself because you didn't concede to your inner most self that you're an Alcoholic because you think you have Power over alcohol. So ask yourself, is this stuff in the "my part" column of your inventory worth drinking bourbon over?