Step 4 - Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.

This step scared me the first time I faced it. I remember seeing a meme of a skeleton saying "come out, come out" I also knew that in step 5, I would be sharing my step 4 discoveries. Again, this scared me silly. Yet I had willingness. Somewhere in steps 1, 2, and 3, I had developed willingness. I wanted relief from the pain I came to Al Anon with. I was willing to do what it took to move forward. My first time through I used Blueprint for Progress. Something miraculous happened. I discovered I was not such a bad person after all. I learned that many of the character traits I had were developed when I was a child growing up in a very dysfunctional home and that they actually served me well back then. By the end of the book, I felt so much relief knowing I was not the horrible person I had come to believe I was.

Today, I work step 4 with my own sponsor the column way. In this way I'm able to pinpoint exactly what or who is troubling me =, identify the feelings and the defects of character present and get to work on them.

Who else would like to share on step 4?

In service,

Audrey

thank you so much for sharing with us :)