7th Meeting

7th MEETING - Step 4, Instructions l&2
On Your Own:
In your notebook, continue to list instances where you have been
self-centered.
Start to work on Step 4 using the FOURTH STEP GUIDE starting on page 17. Follow Instructions 1  and 2 and write your Grudge List.

With the Group:
Read and discuss the FOURTH STEP GUIDE: Instruction 1 Resentments, and Instruction 2 - Grudge List.

Hereafter, follow the
FOURTH STEP GUIDE
Follow instructions 1 and 2 while continuing the meeting assignments which continue.

Fourth Step Guide

Many people find the Big Book instructions for taking the Fourth Step confusing.
The following outline represents the experience of certain members of the fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous in analyzing and utilizing this portion of the Big Book. In general, those who have followed these suggestions in taking this Step including the inventory, the analysis and the suggested prayer, have found it to be a most rewarding and exciting spiritual experience.
This same experience may be shared by anyone who completes each of the following instructions and assignments to the best of his or her ability in the order in which they are presented. Perfection is not required. What is required is honesty, open-mindedness and willingness and a sense of having given it one's best effort.
[Don't concern yourself with the question of who is going to hear your Fifth Step. Your Higher Power will let you know in plenty of time. Your Fifth Step is not today's problem. - Ed.]
Do not skip any instruction and complete every_ instruction before proceeding to the next.