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July 2001

A Life Offstage

Step 7 - Humbly asked him to remove our shortcomings

This step is about humility. When I first heard this word used in AA, it was very difficult to understand--some days it still is. When I complained of this to my wife, she said, "If you need help with that list of shortcomings, let me know," and walked away smiling. She's not in the Fellowship. As long as I'm not thinking about my shortcomings, I feel pretty good.

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