Guilt vs Shame

What's the difference? Although these words have similar meanings and are often used as synonyms for each other, there are some subtle differences. These differences are mostly in how we…

Steps 8 & 9

Becoming Willing and Making Amends Steps 8 & 9 are intertwined but do need to be tackled separately. In Step 8, we make a list of all the people we…

Step 7

Humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings. If you've done Steps 5, you have humbled yourself. Knowing you need help, asking for help, giving your control over to your higher…

Step 5

Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. Simply put, Step 5 is verbalizing everything you learned in Step 4. It can…

Stuck?

Sometimes we can feel stuck while working on a personal inventory. What to do?? Shame Often when we uncover something we don't like about ourselves, we can feel shameful about…