This vital Step was also the means by which we began to get
the feeling that we could be forgiven, no matter what we had thought or done.
Often it was while working on this Step with our sponsors or spiritual advisers
that we first felt truly able to forgive others, no matter how deeply we felt
they had wronged us. Our moral inventory had persuaded us that all-round
forgiveness was desirable, but it was only when we resolutely tackled Step Five
that we inwardly knew we’d be able to receive forgiveness and give it, too.
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, Step Five
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