Doug, I just read that you are 4 Freaking Months Sober!!! That is terrific dude! And it is great that you have a shrink too. In fact, your shrink can be your sponsor. I told my shrink the dilemma I had with my 5th step and my sponsor, and she said "Why don't you do the steps with me?" Well, damn, hadn't thought about that. Plus, in AA, there is no guarantee that 'what you say here stays here' (trust me on that one) so the Dr/Client privilege is very valuable to me. I am a very private person and that confidentiality is very important to me. But I actually at that point had figured out that I did not need someone to do the steps with. The most important thing for me was going to meetings, and 12th stepping as often as possible, like you have for me with your fantastic post today. Thank you!