"Trying to avoid this humbling experience, they have turned to easier
methods. Almost invariably they got drunk."

When did the idea that we need to offset our liabilities with assets
come into being when taking step 4? Much like the idea that we should
put our own names on our 8th Step lists, the "assets" idea is suspect -
it smacks of yet another example of group therapy attemoting to
masquarade as the AA program.

Identifying the liabilities which prevent us from any kind of success
in life we cast out what separates us from God and get the benfits of
that spiritual awakening. The assets - nice but what have they done
for us? This is addition by subtraction in it's purest form.

Jim - Recovered!