Questions to ask yourself while working Step 4

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Step Four ~ Part 1: Questions
"Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves."


1. Do you feel complete about your work on the first three steps?

2. What are your hopes and expectations for this step?
If you've gone through this process before, how did it benefit you?

3. What are your expectations from your sponsor?

4. Have you and your sponsor come up with a plan of action?
Do you have a specific approach?
How about timeline?

5. What do the words "searching" and "fearless" mean to you?

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Step Four ~ Part 2: Questions
"Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves."


1. What kinds of feelings are coming up as you work on this Step?

2. Do you find that you have barriers to being "rigorously" honest? If so, what tools do you use to overcome this reluctance?

3. Do you notice a difference in your character defects when you're abstinent vs. when you're not?

4. Do you see the function of some of these "character defects" in your life? How have they served you in the past? Has that changed?

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Step Four ~ Part 3: Questions

"Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves."


1. What ideas do you have about how to stay motivated? If you've done this Step before, what has worked for you in the past?

2. What experiences do you have in other areas of your life that you can draw from in order to continue working on this Step until you are finished?

3. When do you ask for help working this Step?

4. How do you nurture yourself while you are doing this Step? Are you able to be gentle with yourself? Are you able to be compassionate with yourself?

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Step Four ~ Part 4: Questions

"Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves."


1. What does the statement, "We are as sick as our secrets" mean to you? Have you discovered that as you've worked Step Four? Have you felt any relief?

2. As you do this intense interior work, do you find yourself feeling differently towards yourself? Do you feel differently towards others? If so, how have your attitudes changed?

3. Can you seen any humor in your past behaviors?

4. What are you like when you feel the best about yourself?

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