Step Seven: “What Shortcomings?”
A little vice can’t hurt, y’all...until it can—for realz!
Step 7: “Humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings.”
I don’t wanna be making assumptions about folks, but I know a lot about people. I work with a lot. One on one and in crowds. I’ve never seen it fail. If I point out anything that sounds like a fault, people crumble. It’s rare AF that somebody takes well an observation they see as negative. It might not even be negative, mo fo’s get shifty AF if they notice they been seen. How anybody gonna learn anything if they ain’t open to a decent look in the mirror?
The irony is people will brag about they own faults like gold frigging medals. “I ate like a pig!” “We spent waaaay too much money!” “I lazed around all day like a slob!” Seem like people enjoy doing things that ain’t no good for ‘em, as long as nobody call ‘em on it. It’s only when it’s time to pay the piper that people seem ready to give up the thing with all the hidden fees.
In the world of recovery it’s called hitting bottom. Things have gotten so bad you willing to do anything to get something that resembles a life back. That’s usually what gets somebody into a twelve step fellowship. It’s not something you do for sheer fun. It’s what carries people through the first six steps and what makes the seventh step such a relief.
This step is all about making a direct ask to that higher power you crafted in step two when you came to believe that a power greater than yourself could restore you to serenity. Hopefully you chose wisely and that force has been walking this path along with you. Now is where you put your faith to the test. But don’t stress, it’s not that serious. All it really takes is willingness.
