Dishonesty came easily to me when I was practicing my disease. I might not have called it that (because I probably didn’t call it anything). But even if I didn’t outright lie or steal, I often engaged in dishonesty by omission, or scrambled to cover up a mistake or anything else I thought might make someone think less of me. I didn’t live by a code of rigorous honesty.

When I make a Fourth Step inventory, I get to practice honesty in a way I otherwise wouldn’t. The more I practice that honesty in the rest of my life, the more I find that it makes life easier, not harder.

Today, I will practice rigorous honesty in all my dealings. I will make all necessary information available without procrastinating. Being honest is a way of practicing Step Three, because I’m allowing a Higher Power to work through reality as it is, not the way I want it to be. The more I practice trusting reality, the stronger my trust will grow.