August 14 - Step Four enables me to see myself as I really am - my
characteristics, motives, attitudes, and behaviors. I'm taught in
Gamblers Anonymous to search out my mistakes resolutely. Where, for
example, had I been selfish, dishonest, self-seeking, and frightened?
I'm taught, also, that my deeply rooted habit of self-justification may
tempt me to "explain away" each fault as I uncover it, blaming others
for my own shortcomings.Will I believe that personal honesty can achieve what superior knowledge often cannot?
Today I Pray - May I not make the Fourth Step a once-over-lightly, let's-get-it-over-with exercise in self-appraisal. May I know that, once I take this Step, I must review it again many times until it becomes, like the other eleven, a way of life for me. May I protect the value of my Fourth Step from my old habit of head-tripping and buckpassing my way out of responsibility.
Today I Will Remember - Personal honesty paves the way to recovery.
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