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bobmatic · 07-08-2008, 10:42 PM

hello, everyone, after having finished step four- and feel relief, do i need to go back , after doing some clean time, to write another one, or the fact that i am doing a step ten regularlly, honestlly means no need, for a second step four, i hear people who share in meetings that they wrote step four several times, i am a bit confused, any comments , thankx and bless you alll

2ala2 · 07-11-2008, 01:05 AM

I believe that through honest self examination, you are the one to decide whether you need another fourth or not. In my opinion, It is a very personal question that only you can answer.

Gmoney · 08-30-2008, 04:35 PM

Agreed. It isn't written in stone that we have to "formally" write step 4 repeatedly. Some of us do it, some of us don't. I've just completed my 4th step for the second time and there were things I discovered I still needed to work on as a result. Some refer to the latter steps as "maintanence steps" and see no need to do another inventory. Yet, I've found that, after considerable time has passed, it can be very helpful to inventory my life since my last 4th step.

I found it good to remember that we addicts are masters of self-deception.

zeko807 · 08-17-2009, 09:21 AM

:praying:prayingI'm currently working on a Step 4,slowly,cause some days I don't write any.I claim it's not fear,I'm really trying to be thorough.Advice is very welcome,if there is anyn such advice.My sponsor said I'm doing great.I believe him......Zeko807:praying:

GratefulJuandaC · 10-09-2009, 02:18 PM

I am writing another step 4 because I did one early in recovery so many things have changed since then.. that was back in 93 (I think). My children are grown, I am alone... lovers, changes, regrets, resentments... Oh, when I started writing, I released a flood gate and my head started hurting... this is my second day. I am feeling better. Glad to know I am not alone... but, for me, recovery is on going and I do what I do to get better consistently.:praying

Ibogaine · 11-28-2010, 06:06 PM

I am a 2.2 yrs clean now.. I find the further away from active addiction I get, the clearer my thinking became. LIke Grateful.. I find it so purging. Seems my recovery process is never ending. For me.. if I question something.. I might be needing to look deeper.

whiskerkissed · 12-07-2010, 02:11 PM

Ask your sponsor... ;-)

Rashelle17 · 04-05-2011, 08:03 AM

hey im Rashelle im new n i need help myself so if ur interested n i need help regardleess anyone?

reesemtk · 04-30-2011, 04:14 PM

hey what do you need help with

07-08-2008, 10:42 PM	#1 (permalink)
bobmatic Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: CAIRO, EGYPT Posts: 35	step four- again- several times hello, everyone, after having finished step four- and feel relief, do i need to go back , after doing some clean time, to write another one, or the fact that i am doing a step ten regularlly, honestlly means no need, for a second step four, i hear people who share in meetings that they wrote step four several times, i am a bit confused, any comments , thankx and bless you alll

08-30-2008, 04:35 PM	#3 (permalink)
Gmoney Evolving Addict Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: New York State Posts: 2,927	Agreed. It isn't written in stone that we have to "formally" write step 4 repeatedly. Some of us do it, some of us don't. I've just completed my 4th step for the second time and there were things I discovered I still needed to work on as a result. Some refer to the latter steps as "maintanence steps" and see no need to do another inventory. Yet, I've found that, after considerable time has passed, it can be very helpful to inventory my life since my last 4th step. I found it good to remember that we addicts are masters of self-deception. __________________ "We are never forced into relapse. We are given a choice. Relapse is never an accident." - Basic Text, 5th Ed.

12-07-2010, 02:11 PM	#7 (permalink)
whiskerkissed Stopping the Train... Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Great Smokey Mountains Posts: 978	Ask your sponsor... ;-) __________________ Every life has a measure of sorrow, and sometimes this is what awakens us. - Steven Tyler

04-05-2011, 08:03 AM	#8 (permalink)
Rashelle17 Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: clearwater, florida Posts: 5 Blog Entries: 2	hey im Rashelle im new n i need help myself so if ur interested n i need help regardleess anyone? __________________ Rashelle r.:rotfxko

07-11-2008, 01:05 AM	#2 (permalink)
2ala2 Lost-n-Found Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Cairo Posts: 919	I believe that through honest self examination, you are the one to decide whether you need another fourth or not. In my opinion, It is a very personal question that only you can answer.

08-17-2009, 09:21 AM	#4 (permalink)
zeko807 Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Gainesville,FL. Posts: 1	:praying:prayingI'm currently working on a Step 4,slowly,cause some days I don't write any.I claim it's not fear,I'm really trying to be thorough.Advice is very welcome,if there is anyn such advice.My sponsor said I'm doing great.I believe him......Zeko807:praying:

10-09-2009, 02:18 PM	#5 (permalink)
GratefulJuandaC Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Fort Lauderdale FL Posts: 1	I am writing another step 4 because I did one early in recovery so many things have changed since then.. that was back in 93 (I think). My children are grown, I am alone... lovers, changes, regrets, resentments... Oh, when I started writing, I released a flood gate and my head started hurting... this is my second day. I am feeling better. Glad to know I am not alone... but, for me, recovery is on going and I do what I do to get better consistently.:praying

11-28-2010, 06:06 PM	#6 (permalink)
Ibogaine Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 3	I am a 2.2 yrs clean now.. I find the further away from active addiction I get, the clearer my thinking became. LIke Grateful.. I find it so purging. Seems my recovery process is never ending. For me.. if I question something.. I might be needing to look deeper.

04-30-2011, 04:14 PM	#9 (permalink)
reesemtk Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Phila. PA. Posts: 4	hey what do you need help with

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