4th Step Guide, Worksheets & Prompt Sheets
INSTRUCTIONS:
a. Please read from the bottom of page 63 through page 65 in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous before beginning.
b. Be sure all columns are worked from top-bottom (not left to right).
c. All resentments should be listed in column 1 before going on to next column (column 2).
d. Pray for willingness and a open-mind, and pray for all persons concerned with your writing..
Resentment Inventory
Column 1: Resentments:
List all people, places, things, institutions, ideas or principles with which you are angry, resent, feel hurt or threatened by, perhaps something you remember occasionally that makes you feel bad?
Column 2: The Cause :
What happened? Be specific as to why you were angry.
Column 3: Affects My :
How did it make me feel? Specifically, how did it affect the seven parts of self?
Column 4: Where Was I to Blame :
Read through the second paragraph on page 67 before answering this.
What’s the truth here? Where was my responsibility in this relationship, resentment? What might I have done Instead? Where was I at fault?
The Seven Parts of Self Defined:
Self Esteem – How I think of myself
Pride – How I think others view me
Pocketbook – Basic desire for money, property, possessions, etc.
Personal Relations – Our relations with other people
Ambition – Our goals, plans and designs for the future
Emotional Security – General sense of personal well being
Sex Relations – Basic drive for sexual intimacy
Fear Inventory
Instructions
| Fear WorkSheet | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fears: when we seen our fears we listed them | Harm Done: To me or others | Why do / or did we have these fears? | What could we have done instead |
Sex Inventory
Instructions
| Sex Worksheet | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| List all names | Harm Done | Where were we at fault? Whom did we hurt | What should we have done instead? |
Resentment Prompt Sheet
Here is a list of; people, institutions, and principles you may find helpful while making your resentment inventory. Feel free to add to the lists if you need to.
PEOPLE
Father (Step), Mother (Step), Sisters (Step), Brothers (Step), Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, Clergy, Police, Lawyers, Judges, Doctors, Employers, Employees, Co-Workers, In-Laws, Husbands, Wives, Creditors, Childhood Friends, School Friends, Teachers, Life Long Friends, Best Friends, Acquaintances, Girl Friends, Boy Friends, Parole Officers, Probation Officers, A.A. Friends, C.A., Friends, N.A. Friends, U.S., Service Friends…
INSTITUTIONS
Marriage, Bible, Church, Religion, Races, Law, Authority, Government, Education System, Correctional System, Mental Health System, Philosophy, Nationality…
PRINCIPLES
God-Deity, Retribution, Ten Commandments, Jesus Christ, Satan, Death, Life after Death, Heaven, Hell, Sin, Adultery, Golden Rule, Original Sin, Seven Deadly Sins…
Fear Prompt Sheet
Here is a list of fears that may be helpful with your fear inventory. Feel free to add to the lists if you would like.
Fear of God, Fear of Dying, Fear of Insanity, Fear of Insecurity, Fear of Rejection, Fear of Loneliness, Fear of Disease’s, Fear of Alcohol, Fear of Drugs, Fear of Relapse, Fear of Sex, Fear of Sin, Fear of Self-Expression, Fear of Authority, Fear of Heights, Fear of Unemployment, Fear of Employment, Fear of Parents, Fear of Losing a Wife, Fear of Losing a Husband, Fear of Losing a Child, Fear of Animals, Fear of Insects, Fear of Police, Fear of Jail, Fear of Doctor’s, Fear of Stealing, Fear of Creditors, Fear of Being Found Out, Fear of Homosexuals & Lesbians, Fear of Failure, Fear of Success, Fear of Responsibility, Fear of Physical Pain, Fear of Fear, Fear of Drowning, Fear of Men, Fear of Women, Fear of Being Alone, Fear of People, Fear of Crying, Fear of Poverty, Fear of Races, Fear of the Unknown, Fear of Abandonment, Fear of Intimacy, Fear of Disapproval, Fear of Rejection, Fear of Confrontation, Fear of Sobriety, Fear of Hospitals, Fear of Responsibility, Fear of Feelings, Fear of Getting Old, Fear of Hurting Others, Fear of Violence, Fear of Writing Inventory, Fear of Being Alive, Fear of Government, Fear of Gangs, Fear of Gossip, Fear of Wealthy People, Fear of Guns, Fear of Change…
