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Step Five

We admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.

   
     
 
 

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Do I really have to bare my soul to a complete stranger?
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I have had several sponsees over the years who balked at the fifth step and quickly were out drinking again. One that I know of died. The funny thing is, I have heard a fair number of fifth steps over the years and a couple of hours after hearing one, I honestly couldn't tell you much of what it was about. I have my own past, I certainly don't want to be lugging around someone else's. The entire exercise is about a person unloading the burdens of their past, not me taking them on.
Bill G

 
 
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