Hey ya’ll its been two weeks since i worked through steps six and seven with my sponsor, read the 12x12 six and seven, worked on worksheets, tried praying.
I dont feel like im done with step seven. Any tips on how you did your sixth and seventh steps??
Step 7 is humility. Don’t think it’s one we ever really finish. I feel like I have to ask it every morning that I wake up, and almost breathe it like a mantra as I try going through my days.
In a first pass through the steps, I went back through my inventory and tried to accept that’s who I was, and accepted I may become something new as I faithfully and actively continued in the steps. I invited it.
whilst doing my step 5 unbeknownst to me my sponsor was writing a list of all my character defects and kindly gave them to me for step 6, step 6 is an eye opener followed by a quick kick in the bollocks, anyway I then had to go away and find and write each ones definition in a dictionary so that I knew exactly what they were. I then had to find the spiritual opposite for each one, this was then followed by getting on my knees and saying the step 7 prayer… We do not ask nor expect God to suddenly remove our defects we now know what they are so can practice each day to spot them when they arise and replace them with the spiritual opposite.
I’ll be doing this for the rest of my life and that’s why we practice the steps bc we will never be perfect.
6 and 7 is your contact with god your willingness and humility to ask him to remove your faults list below
Greed.
Anger.
Fear.
Cowardice.
Egotism.
Guilt.
Dishonesty.
Impatience. on asking this you have now made a commitment. and when your completed the steps you can use the last three in your life
you have to trust in god let him take the burden and remember Faith without works is dead wish you well