Step Help: Step 5
Source: 12step.org
This is a list of questions to help you to work the 12 Step program for recovery from addictive behaviour. This article contains a list of questions that you may find useful for with Step 5. You are invited to use it only if it works well for you. Remember to be gentle with yourself, always get outside help if you need it and make time for nurturing activities.
Step 5 – I admit to God, to myself and to another human being the exact nature of my wrongs
- After working through the fourth step questions, what do you realize about your limitations and capabilities?
- Describe any person who has helped you to see yourself more clearly and objectively in your process of recovery and of life.
- What qualities would you like to have in a sponsor? How do the people in the list of possible sponsors measure up to these criteria?
- Write down the names of the most trustworthy people that you know. Do you think that they would be willing or interested in being a sponsor for you?
- Describe your feelings and expectations about sharing your fifth step with your sponsor.
- List people that you can think of that you might share your story with. Write whether you think that they are a safe, risky or a bad choice to work your 5th step with.
- Describe who you have chosen to be your sponsor and how they reacted when you approached them.
- Describe what it was like in sharing the fifth step. How did you feel before, after and during the process? Are you glad that you have done this?
- Describe any celebrations or activities that you have done in honour of completing the fifth step.