The Fourth Step brings us to a specific course of action that the AA Big Book describes as “vigorous.” It is a “personal house-cleaning which many of us had never attempted.” The Fourth Step strengthens the decision we made in the Third Step and helps us carry it out. Unless we make an effort to face the things which had been blocking us, our decision to turn our will and our lives over to God can “have little permanent effect.” Tonight, we talk about Step 4 Inventory
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The Fourth Step is necessary to continue the progress we have made in the first three Steps. The AA Big Book uses the analogy of taking a business inventory to describe our Fourth Step work. The purpose of an inventory is to identify the stock that is old, obsolete or spoiled so that it can be thrown out and replaced with stock that can be used or sold. Our moral inventory serves the same purpose.
First to mind on topic?
What was your understanding of this step early in your program? Why is taking an inventory important? What is the purpose of an inventory?
Why is it important to have the first 3 steps completed before you attempt the 4th step?
How long did it take for you to first attempt your fourth step? How long did it take once you started? What were some of the barriers to you starting the Fourth Step? What were some of the barriers to completing your Fourth Step?
What did you learn about yourself? How did an inventory affect your program? What was the experience like for you? What advice would you give the new person?
Single topic inventory? How do you do 10th step inventory?
What does the term searching and fearless mean to you? Why moral inventory?
Why should the inventory be written? What format did you use? What is a resentment and why is it the number one offender?
What would you say to the new person about Step 4?
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Final Thoughts?
What would you say to the new person about Step 4 Inventory? ______________________________________________________ We asked our listeners about this topic.
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What would be your answer? ________________________________________________________
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