TOPIC: Made A Searching And Fearless Moral Inventory Of Ourselves
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TOPIC: Made A Searching And Fearless Moral Inventory Of Ourselves
Hi Im Sharon and Im an Alcoholic.
By the Grace of my HP and people
like you here in SR I havent had a
drink of alcohol since 8-11-90.
For that and you I am truely
grateful.
Even tho you may have some sobriety
or alot of it....you never give up
working the steps in ur everyday
life.
It is an on going work in progress
that we need to do for ourselves
as we grow and mature in recovery.
This 4th step for me is something I
need to continue to work on as I take
my inventory of defects still lingering
in my daily life.
No im not perfect but i do want to
strive toward progressing to live
a better way with myself.
Step Four: Made a searching and
fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
"[T]hese desires – for the sex relation,
for material and emotional security,
and for companionship – are perfectly
necessary and right, and surely
God-given.
"Yet these instincts, so necessary for
our existence, often far exceed their
proper functions. Powerfully, blindly,
many times subtly, they drive us,
dominate us, and insist upon ruling
our lives. … When thus out of joint,
man's natural desires cause him great
trouble, practically all the trouble there
is.
No human being, however good, is
exempt from these troubles.
Nearly every serious emotional problem
can be seen as a case of misdirected
instinct. …
"Step Four is our vigorous and painstaking
effort to discover what these liabilities
in each of us have been, and are."
As the day begin and ends think about
those defects of character that u need
to work on.....
Share with us what urs are and how u
r working to eliminate them in ur life...
Sharing ur own ESH with me and others
may possibly help us down the road
in recovery as we stay clean and sober
one day at a time.
Thank for letting me share.
By the Grace of my HP and people
like you here in SR I havent had a
drink of alcohol since 8-11-90.
For that and you I am truely
grateful.
Even tho you may have some sobriety
or alot of it....you never give up
working the steps in ur everyday
life.
It is an on going work in progress
that we need to do for ourselves
as we grow and mature in recovery.
This 4th step for me is something I
need to continue to work on as I take
my inventory of defects still lingering
in my daily life.
No im not perfect but i do want to
strive toward progressing to live
a better way with myself.
Step Four: Made a searching and
fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
"[T]hese desires – for the sex relation,
for material and emotional security,
and for companionship – are perfectly
necessary and right, and surely
God-given.
"Yet these instincts, so necessary for
our existence, often far exceed their
proper functions. Powerfully, blindly,
many times subtly, they drive us,
dominate us, and insist upon ruling
our lives. … When thus out of joint,
man's natural desires cause him great
trouble, practically all the trouble there
is.
No human being, however good, is
exempt from these troubles.
Nearly every serious emotional problem
can be seen as a case of misdirected
instinct. …
"Step Four is our vigorous and painstaking
effort to discover what these liabilities
in each of us have been, and are."
As the day begin and ends think about
those defects of character that u need
to work on.....
Share with us what urs are and how u
r working to eliminate them in ur life...
Sharing ur own ESH with me and others
may possibly help us down the road
in recovery as we stay clean and sober
one day at a time.
Thank for letting me share.
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this has pop'd up too many times lately...
"So when A.A. suggests a fearless moral inventory, it must seem to every newcomer that more is being asked of him than he can do. Both his pride and his fear beat him back every time he tries to look within himself. Pride says, "You need not pass this way," and Fear says, "You dare not look!" But the testimony of A.A.'s who have really tried a moral inventory is that pride and fear of this sort turn out to be bogeymen, nothing else. Once we have a complete willingness to take inventory, and exert ourselves to do the job thoroughly, a wonderful light falls upon this foggy scene. As we persist, a brand-new kind of confidence is born, and the sense of relief at finally facing ourselves is indescribable. These are the first fruits of Step Four."
and dang, its some fruit...
later aas...
xxoo, rz
"So when A.A. suggests a fearless moral inventory, it must seem to every newcomer that more is being asked of him than he can do. Both his pride and his fear beat him back every time he tries to look within himself. Pride says, "You need not pass this way," and Fear says, "You dare not look!" But the testimony of A.A.'s who have really tried a moral inventory is that pride and fear of this sort turn out to be bogeymen, nothing else. Once we have a complete willingness to take inventory, and exert ourselves to do the job thoroughly, a wonderful light falls upon this foggy scene. As we persist, a brand-new kind of confidence is born, and the sense of relief at finally facing ourselves is indescribable. These are the first fruits of Step Four."
and dang, its some fruit...
later aas...
xxoo, rz
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