December 11

Fearless and Moral are two words that are in our Fourth Step; these are positive Spiritual Principles. The Fourth Step has a reputation for being painful and shameful. In reality, it's the most loving thing we can do for ourselves.

The Fourth Step helps us remove the unnecessary personality traits that served us during our active addiction. The Fourth Step supplies the information we need to begin this process. We trap this shameful part of our personalities on paper.

These negative traits and patterns are no longer necessary for our New Way of Life. We also list our Assets and decide to keep those, after all it is a Moral inventory. These newly discovered Assets are necessary to negotiate the rest of our Recovery.

The first Three Steps provide us with the Strength and Faith to work this crucial Step. Working, then Living the Steps, Helps us become useful and Spiritual people. Our personalities get a make over, which allows us to be our True selves.

We start to be useful in our Lives and in the Lives of others. Narcotics Anonymous makes it possible for us to create a new past.

A past filled with Positive experiences and Positive changing decisions. The Reality and actions of our present become our past in the future. This overhauling begins in the Fourth Step.

This transformation is only possible with the Help of the God of Our Own Understanding, our Sponsors and others. Lost dreams start to Awaken and the Hopes that seemed impossible become possible. As we Practice this remove and replace process and Share it with another person, it becomes a Reality for us.