What a hurdle.

[sickandtired]

Step five will be a huge hurdle for me to overcome.I have spent my life trying to hide from people who I really am and now have to openly and honestly admit to myself,god as i know him and another human being my faults.When a person does this does he just list his defects of character and confide in someone or would it be more like a story that we have all read in the big book or the grapevine.I feel like mine would be the story of my life up until now showing all my faults and all the things i have done wrong and the people I have hurt.Any suggestions.Thanks sick and tired.P.S. great forum really helps me find a lot of answers.

[EasyDoesIt]

I think there should be a disclaimer listed under step 4.
"Do not do the next steps 4-9 until you have a sponsor".

I am serious.

Once you do a step 4 you do a step 5.
This is such a freeing step. It is like when the garbage truck comes an picks up my huge load of garbage.
It's then gone.

Very important step.. if I want to stay sober.
This step also empties me inside or get ride of all my resentments, fears etc.
Once I have done this, I have room for GOD inside me.

Until I do this step I will not be able to grow. And I will not completely feel the spirit of GOD.

[sickandtired]

I have a sponsor.I was just looking for other information on this step it is always helpful to hear many alcoholics discuss how they worked the program.I'm also trying to decide who to dump my defects of character on.Just doing some soul searching for the right person.I want to do this properly and hopefully by the will of god it will free my of my self and all the terrible things i have done in the past.Thanks sick and tired.

[aacanada]

I asked my sponsor if it was ok if I just did my Step 5 with myself and God.
Maybe I could go to some quiet spiritual place and go through my step 4.

Hahaha I knew what his answer would be, but I asked anyways.
He said what does the step 5 say?
"Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs."
Not
Admitted to God & to ourselves the exact nature of our wrongs.

So I met with God, and a man of cloth.