After completing the fifth step (A.A.’s Step Five: Confession as the Antidote for Shame), Steps Six and Seven initially look like a simple and agreeable path toward real change. But surface waters are ...

Facing a list of your character flaws is often a very shaming experience. Just as the sense of hopelessness that followed the first step (A.A.’s Step One: Confrontation With Reality) is softened by ...