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November 1952

That Fourth Step

How many of us realize the importance of that Fourth Step and have made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves? A brief thought, yet containing a lot of meaning for those whose lives have become all tangled up with the ways and works of this hurly-burly world. For information we should consult the highest authority on the subject. It's too bad, but most of us are not the is highest authority" when it comes to analyzing our own motives and emotions. We rationalize too much; we are too easy with ourselves. It takes guts to look deep inside to see what-makes us behave the way we do. But, if we are going to take a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves we've got to be resolute.

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