“Until I had completed step five, I never truly understood that my balking in step four was actually the evidence of my fears. The fear of what I would find on my fact finding and fact facing journey. The fear of having to disclose all of the ugly parts of my life to my sponsor.”
Lying to ourselves is more deeply ingrained than lying to others.
— Fyodor Dostoyevsky
It is an effort to discover the truth about the stock-in-trade. One object is to disclose damaged or unsalable goods, to get rid of them promptly and without regret. If the owner of the business is to be successful, he cannot fool himself about values.
— Page 64 Alcoholics Anonymous
