Step 4 unending and 1-4

For anyone interested here are steps 1-4 and remember all 12 are available along with 12 stepper claims at www.SharingTheBurden.ca


1-We admitted we were powerless over others-that our lives had become unmanageable.
2-Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
3-Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of that Power.
4-Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.

SHARING-It is amazing to me that after all the soul searching and mental/emotional work tied into step 4, that after all the ones I've done , there is always a clarity attached to the points that seem to be new. This month, having done a lot of listening/sharing with various people from at least 3 different 12 step fellowships and having thought about step4 pretty much everyday at one time or another, there is something very clear for me: where I am hurting the most (in my case that relates to a decade long battle with clinical depression) is where I must seek out others in that boat by being wherever I can share my NOW. A new strength, previously unavailable to me, presents itself to make me completely-maybe even extraordinarily capable to function in that environment only. I am valuable and available to focus on this task alone-to all else I am dead. This is a very important revelation to me! Where previously I would be virtually paralyzed to functionality when in this state (or so I thought), now I can be of supreme value if I follow answers to prayer received as I work my program. The other glaring thing is that my focus in my decision-making process must be spiritually motivated rather than financially motivated. OH TO BE TRULY UNSELFISH-WHAT A GIFT THAT WOULD BE!!

Thinking about Step 5? Admitted to this Power, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.