Everyone has a story and everyone wants to be heard. I believe that we are only as sick as our secrets and, after working the 4th and 5th steps, many of my secrets disappeared and immediately my load was lightened. In my experiences, I have discovered that most people, whether an alcoholic, addict, one with mental issues, or a so-called normal person, needs to be heard. Many don’t need or even want a response, just an ear for their life’s stories. When this is done, many people believe that you solved their problem that they had no clue how to solve before dumping it on you. Fear is disappearing. And you didn’t have to say a word. Hence, the 4th and 5th Steps. Isn’t this a remarkable program? One that does not say “Do this, do that” but simply does say “This is how I worked my program and these are the results.” When I work my program like a cafeteria, taking what I want or need and passing on the rest, I become truly Happy, Joyous, and Free. You can, too, if you are entirely ready to step out of the old way of living and enter a newer, brighter, lighter, happier way of life. Not only can you become freer, you will discover that this is not just a program of band-aid fixes, but an introduction to a whole new way of life with misery in the rearview mirror. Whether one has minutes in the program or decades, one can truly become even more Happy, Joyous, and Free! What does it cost? An arm and a leg and heart and soul. In other words, complete surrender. Put these things into your program and watch The Promises come true each and every day. That is a promise! See, this is much more than a program to help us stop drinking and drugging. It is one that will also start and continue us in a lifetime of total Joy!