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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

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FIND FLAWED

THINKING

PROCESS

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GET RID OF THEM

PROMPTLY

WITHOUT REGRET

< --- >

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: