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WHAT IS THE SOLUTION ?
Fellowship supports us.
Spiritual experience or
spiritual awakening
changes us.
OLD MEMBER...supports through experience->
OLD MEMBER...supports through strength- - >
OLD MEMBER....supports through hope- - - - >
A Fellowship of those
who suffer the same problem.
NEW >
MEMBER
> Believe > Willingness
> Investigate
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Simple Kit of Spiritual Tools
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The Twelve Steps.
1 > 2 > 3 > 4 > 5 > 6
7 > 8 > 9 > 10 > 11 > 12
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The process revolutionizes our
entire attitude toward life, toward
our fellows, and toward God's
Universe.
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Personality Change
Sufficient To Recover
From Alcoholism
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STEP 4 Inventory Comparison
Business Personal
FACT-FINDING
FACT-FACING
TRUTH
STOCK-IN-TRADE
< --- >
< --- >
< --- >
< --- >
SEARCHING
FEARLESS
MORAL
OURSELVES
OBJECT:
DISCLOSE DAMAGED
OR
UNSALABLE GOODS
< --- >
FIND FLAWED
THINKING
PROCESS
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GET RID OF THEM
PROMPTLY
WITHOUT REGRET
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GET RID OF THEM
PROMPTLY
WITHOUT REGRET
STOCK IN TRADE
THAT IS DAMAGED < --- >
1. RESENTMENT
2. FEAR
3. HARMS DONE TO OTHERS
Glossary of Words Used In Steps Four and Five
defect: Lack of something necessary for completeness. Same as shortcoming.
dishonest: The act or practice of telling a lie, or of cheating, stealing, etc.
exact: Very accurate, methodical, correct.
fault: Something done wrongly, an error or mistake.
fear: A feeling of anxiety, agitation, uneasiness, apprehension, etc.
frightened: A temporary or continual state of fear.
inconsiderate: Without thought or consideration of others.
mistake: To understand or perceive wrongly.
nature: The essential characteristic of a thing.
self-centered: Occupied or concerned only with one's own affairs. Same as selfish.
selfish: Too much concern with one's own welfare or interests and having little or no concern for others.
Same as self-centered.
self-seeker: A person who seeks only or mainly to further his own interests.
shortcoming: Falling short of what is expected or required. Same as defect.
wrong: Acting, judging, or believing incorrectly.
Basic Instincts of Life Which Create Self
Social Instinct Security Instinct Sexual Instinct
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Companionship: Wanting to
belong or to be accepted.
Prestige: Wanting to be
recognized or to be accepted as a
leader.
Self-Esteem: What we think of
ourselves, high or low.
Pride: An excessive and
unjustified opinion of oneself, either
positive ( self-love ) or negative ( self- hate ).
Personal Relationships:
Our relations with other human beings
and with the world around us.
Ambitions: Our plans to gain
acceptance, power, recognition,
prestige, etc.
Material: Wanting money, buildings,
property, clothing, etc., in order to be
secure.
Emotional: Based upon our needs
for another person or persons. Some
tend to dominate, some are overly
dependent on others.
Ambitions: Our plans to gain
material wealth, or to dominate, or to
depend on others.
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V
V
SELF < < <
Acceptable: Our sex lives as
accepted by either Society's, God's, or
by our own principles.
Hidden: Elements of our sex of
our sex lives which are contrary to
either Society's, God's, or our own
principles.
Ambition: Our plans regarding
our sex lives, either acceptable or
hidden.
Resentments
Feelings of bitter hurt or indignation
which come having rightly or wrongly
held feelings of being injured or
offended.
< < < WRONGS
V
> > >
Fear
Feelings of anxiety, agitation, uneasiness,
apprehension, etc.
Harms or Hurts
Wrong acts which result in pain, hurt
feelings, worry, financial loss, etc., for
others and also for self.
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Review of Resentments
COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 COLUMN 4 COLUMN 5
I Am
Resentful At:
I list people,
institutions or
principles with
whom I am angry.
The Cause:
I ask myself why I
am angry, what did
they do to me to
cause the anger?
Affects My:
On my grudge list I set
opposite each name my
injuries. Was it my self- esteem, my security, my
ambitions, my personal, or
sex relations, which had
been interfered with?
What Did I Do?
Putting out of mind the wrongs
others have done, I resolutely
look for my own mistakes. What
did I do, if anything, to set in
motion trains of circumstances
which in turn caused people or
institutions to hurt me and
eventually led to my resentment
of them for doing so?
Where Had I Been:
- 'Selfish' ?
- 'Dishonest' ?
- 'Self-Seeking & Frightened' ?
- 'Inconsiderate' ?
Which of the above character defects
caused me to do what I did, or cause me to
want to hold on to the old resentment, even
though I may have done nothing to cause
it?
Review of Fears
COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 COLUMN 4 COLUMN 5
Who or What
Do I Fear:
The Cause: Affects My: What Did I Do? Where Had I Been: