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THE OFFERED FORMAT OF THE 4TH STEP WAS POSTED HERE TO AID THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO TOOK PART IN A SERIES OF TALKS THAT TOOK PLACE IN LINCOLN, RI.
THIS FORMAT IS COMMONLY USED IN THE BBSS MEETINGS WITH PERHAPS SOME DEVIATION.
THE "TIMELINE," THE FIRST TWO PARTS BEFORE THE WRITING OF THE RESENTMENTS MAY SEEM AS THOUGH THEY ARE NOT IN THE BIG BOOK AS A DIRECTION BUT THE LINE "WE WENT BACK THORUGH OUR LIVES" ON THE BOTTOM OF PAGE 65 IS A RELEVANT CORRELATION. THIS PART OF THE WRITING INSTRUCTIONS TRULY OPENS THE DOORS TO PARTS OF OUR PASTS LONG FORGOTTEN, BURIED, OR BLOTTED OUT.
THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE WRITING ARE GIVEN
IN EIGHT SEPARATE PARTS.
PART ONE - TIMELINE - WHERE WERE YOU?
PART TWO - TIMELINE - WHO WAS THERE?
PART THREE - RESENTMENTS
PART FOUR - "TURNAROUNDS"
PART FIVE - FEARS
PART SIX - SEX INVENTORY LIST
PART SEVEN - SEX
PART EIGHT - SANE & SOUND SEX IDEAL
THE FOLLOWING ARE THE WORD AND PDF FILES FOR DOWNLOAD AND THE LONG LAYOUT OF DIRECTIONS FOLLOWS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE.
PART ONE - TIMELINE
"WHERE WERE YOU?"
PART TWO - TIMELINE
"WHO WAS THERE?"
PART THREE - RESENTMENTS
PART FOUR - "TURNAROUNDS"
PART FIVE - FEARS
PART SIX - SEX INVENTORY LIST
PART SEVEN - SEX
PART EIGHT - SANE AND SOUND SEX IDEAL
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