Wow, What a weekend. I have to share, but don't expect me to share my 5th step again with all of you! lol  My 5th (pun intended) took 12 hours over 4 days spread over 3 weeks.  Some of this was due to time constraints with my sponsor.  He also said that crap like this should not be done all at once because it is a huge pill to swallow and that worked for me.  I had about 12 legal tablet pages to go over and by far this was the most detailed I have ever done, well ok more than my last one.  

What did I learn?  There was a simple common thread through all of it.  Simply put:

I HAD BEEN PUTTING MYSELF IN BAD PLACES, ASSOCIATING MYSELF WITH UNSAVORY PEOPLE DOING THINGS THAT WERE ILLEGAL, UNETHICAL AND IMMORAL.

As my sponsor said now that I am sober and done with my 5th step this should not be a problem.  I would have to agree with him, but I do have to keep my guard up.  I still may get myself into an unhealthy relationship.  Thanks to a special woman on this site that I have met, I feel comfortable and have talked to her about women I have met at meetings.  She has given me such great advice that is so valuable on relations with them.  Such great foresight and genuine caring from her I can't even start with my gratitude.  

Anyway all I can't say how important it is to WORK THE STEPS.  I asked my sponsor how great I feel that old timers (25+ years) have befriended me.  I asked him why?  He said he thinks they see me working the steps and it is working for me, and their not going to waste their time with bullshytters.  That over their many years in AA they have seen & dealt with many of them.  

What I have done is I see people in meetings that have what I want.  Those are the people that I talk to and ask questions.  I choose to stick with the winners in my future and not hang with the losers, like in my past.  

Good luck all and may God bless us all!  Thanks you for my sobriety.

Love, Jeff

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