Hi, I'm Sandy, an alcoholic.

You've probably heard the old saying, "When the student is ready, the teacher appears." It happened to me. As I was nearly finished writing my Fourth Step, there she was! When I asked her to help me work Step Five, she laughed and said, "Sure!" We set a date; I went to her home carrying my inventory journal. She put on the tea, we went to the back yard, and prayed that it would be a good thing for both. I sat there and read my Fourth Step list to her. She pointed out some things. It was absolutely everything I had. I held nothing back. Of course, I was still quite new, and it wasn't as thorough as it might have been, but it was as thorough as I was capable of at the time. And when we were done, the sky was bluer, the grass was greener, and the flowers were prettier. It was wonderful! I was like a new person, almost as if I'd just had a complete overhaul. And since I have continued to do it over the years, later Fifth Steps have been far more in-depth, shall we say. She sent me home that day to burn my journal, pray, and read the Big Book. And then we moved on. It was magic! I highly recommend it.

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