do you have my courage?

Don’t fear
Traditional Step 4

Traditional Step 4
We made a searching and fearless
moral inventory of ourselves

Traditional Step 4
is only
half bad

The other half
is good

He had the courage to
complete Traditional Step 4
because he
GotAFuckingSponsor

courage – 1
the quality of being confident, not afraid or easily intimidated, but without being
incautious or inconsiderate
It takes a lot of courage to be a successful recovering addict.
He had the courage to GetAFuckingSponsor.

courage – 2
the ability to overcome one’s fear; do or live things which one finds frightening
He finally had the courage to tell her how he felt.
It takes a lot of courage to take that first step.
He had the courage to CallHisFuckingSponsor.

courage – 3
the ability to maintain one’s will or intent despite either the experience of fear, frailty or
frustration; or the occurrence of adversity, difficulty, defeat or reversal
I hope you live a life you are proud of. If you find that you are not, I hope you have the
courage to start all over again.
It takes courage to get clean; it takes more than courage to stay clean.
He has the courage to KeepCallingHisFuckingSponsor.

fearless
without fear
He made a searching and fearless moral inventory of himself.

inventory
a detailed list of all the items on hand
When he stopped to think about his typical behaviors, his moral inventory included a
total of less than 20.

moral
of or relating to the principles of right and wrong behavior
He made a searching and fearless moral inventory of himself.
His moral inventory was twice as long the second time he wrote it, because his sponsor
suggested he also needed to include his right behaviors in addition to his wrong
behaviors.

searching
thorough; looking over closely
He made a searching and fearless moral inventory of himself.

The only time
I cried
while doing my
traditional 12-step
step-work

was when
I finally
got the courage
to sit down
and work on
Traditional Step 4

When
I realized that
Traditional Step 4
lists both

my right behaviors
and
my wrong behaviors

I felt
much better

And that’s
The Truth


4/20 GetAFuckingSponsee
AND LET’S LEAF
OUT AND SEED A
BLUNT DISCUSSION
ABOUT CHRONIC
JOINT OVERUSE

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