Step5 begins

From opacity to transparency

Here I am to be seen naked, emotionally and spiritually, by my creator (God in my case), myself and another human being. Vulnerability and humility are the mix for me in this. The clarity of the aloneness as I get ready to take the step is profound. Strange somehow as I sense my God and my own presence, both of which I will take into my human confidant's presence as well. Three yet that sense of alone in the taking of he step as I am the only one of the three who is actually taking the step. Heavy deep stuff for this guy and time to ponder........................

step5 from www.SharingTheBurden.ca
12 Steps
We admitted we were powerless over others-that our lives had become unmanageable.
Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of that Power.
Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
5-Admitted to this Power, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
Were entirely ready to have this Power remove all these defects of character.
Humbly asked the Power to remove our shortcomings.
Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all.
Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with this Power, praying only for knowledge of His/Her will for us and the power to carry that out.
Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to others and to practice these principles in all our affairs. (Many 12 step programs use the word God where we have written Power)