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- From: heath@athena.cs.uga.edu (Terrance Heath)
- Subject: 4th Step
- Message-ID: <C1F8on.17z@athena.cs.uga.edu>
- Organization: University of Georgia, Athens
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 18:00:23 GMT
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- I never knew I could squirm so much, but I'm doing it. I'm
- working on my fourth step, as I promised myself I would after reaching
- six months of sobriety. The very fact that I'm able to face so many
- things about myself is a testament to how well the program works. Six
- months ago I wouldn't have dared to try.
- What I'd like is to hear from other people about how they did
- it. I'm writing my inventory freestyle, because there don't seem to be
- any definite formulas on how to do it. I'm finding my own way and that
- seems to work. It's also what others have reccomended to me. But I
- still want to hear from other people about it.
- One peice of advice I'm following is to tell other people (in
- the program) about what I'm doing, going to meetings, talking to my
- sponsor, instead of isolating with my inventory. If I tried it any
- other way I'd go crazy.
- So let me hear from those of you who have done the 4th step
- and survived. *grin* You'll be doing a lot toward helping me stay
- sober.
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-
- Terrance Heath
- heath@athena.cs.uga.edu
-