When at last you find someone to whom you feel you can pour out your soul, you stop in shock at the words you utter. They are so rusty,...

Don’t look for someone to solve your problems; look for someone who won’t let you go through them alone. Because of the difficult and painful emotions that Step 4...

Self-reflection helps you steer your thoughts, emotions, and feelings in a healthy direction. Creating our Step 4 inventories can be a miserable endeavor. Basically, we’re dredging up the worst...

The greatest of faults is to be conscious of none. As it is with all of the 12 steps, there is no set way to work the fourth step....

Until we face our shadows, they will haunt us. The goal of Step 4 is for us to take a hard, unrelenting look at our problems and our role...

We don’t learn by doing, we learn by reflecting on what we’ve done. For many recovering sex and porn addicts, Step 4 is a huge sticking point. The idea...