Dear Grapevine

Oh no! Not the Fourth Step!
How many of us have heard someone share glumly at a meeting, “Well, I’m on my Fourth Step…” as we nod our heads and nudge each other in sympathetic understanding. “Poor thing!” we say.  “You must be miserable. Keep slogging away.” We reinforce the idea that doing the Fourth Step is like going in for surgery without anesthesia.