Why is Step 4 so important to our recovery?

The purpose of Step 4, “made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves”, is to determine the root cause of our drinking, identify any personal issues (character defects) that may have contributed to our alcoholism, and understand ourselves completely.  We uncover what we call our "defects of character", those…

Step 3

In recovery, I perform step 3 every morning by praying the 3rd step prayer as soon as I wake up. I turn my will and life over to my higher power. I do this because if I try to run my life bad things usually happen. I turn my will…

Forgiveness

Steps 8 and 9 are concerned with personal relations. First, we take a look backward and try to discover where we have been at fault; next we make a vigorous attempt to repair the damage we have done; and third, having thus cleaned away the debris of the past, we…