Step Four – April 12, 2015




Overeaters Anonymous show

Summary: “Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.” In this fourth installment in the workshop series “The Importance of Working All 12 Steps," leaders discuss how working the first three steps is preparation for the Fourth Step, how important the Fourth Step is and specifics about working the Fourth Step. Also referenced is the variety of OA literature available to help members take Step Four (<a href="http://bookstore.oa.org/pc_product_detail.asp?key=B1D604881FFA419798A5F1954D9FD795" target="_blank">Fifteen Questions</a>, <a href="http://bookstore.oa.org/pc_product_detail.asp?key=49217959A1174D8B9A5131EFC4CCE2FD" target="_blank">OA 12 Steps &amp; 12 Traditions</a>, <a href="http://bookstore.oa.org/pc_product_detail.asp?key=807F3F4AD35B4E34B5E4FE30C063051C" target="_blank">Fourth Step Inventory Guide</a>, AA 12 &amp; 12, <a href="http://bookstore.oa.org/pc_product_detail.asp?key=A8844F63049045A09067A421AFB3D33C" target="_blank">12 Step Workbook of Overeaters Anonymous</a>, <a href="http://bookstore.oa.org/pc_product_detail.asp?key=904745F2539740BDAAF3EAE544DB4A30" target="_blank">Sponsoring through the 12 Steps</a>, <a href="http://bookstore.oa.org/pc_product_detail.asp?key=358F612E97FA4B728154EF6E934A8503" target="_blank">Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book</a> and <a href="http://www.oa.org/pdfs/twelve_stepping_a_problem.pdf" target="_blank">Twelve-Stepping a Problem</a>). “Those of us who have completed Step Four have found that taking this searching and fearless moral inventory was one of the most loving things we ever did for ourselves.” <a href="http://bookstore.oa.org/pc_product_detail.asp?key=49217959A1174D8B9A5131EFC4CCE2FD" target="_blank">OA 12 &amp; 12</a> p.29