Step Five, Part Three---Benefits

There are so many positive benefits for your relationship in doing a Fifth Step. The following quotes are a sample of what some of the recovery literature promises------

For one thing, we shall get rid of that terrible sense of isolation we've always had.
12 Steps and 12 Traditions

This vital step was also the means by which we began to get the feeling we could be forgiven, no matter what we had thought or done. Often...we first felt truly able to forgive others, no matter how deeply we felt they had wronged us.
12 Steps and 12 Traditions

Another great dividend...is humility----a clear recognition of what and who we really are, followed by a sincere attempt to become what we could be.
12 Steps and 12 Traditions

More realism and therefore more honesty about ourselves are great gains we make under the influence of Step Five.
12 Steps and 12 Traditions

Letting go of shame and grief.
Blue Book of Recovering Couples Anonymous

Somehow by just talking aloud about my wrongs 90% of the wrongful behavior disappeared.
Laura S, 12 Steps on the Buddha's Path

I felt the weight had lifted, the weight of self-hatred, the fear of discovery, the fear of admitting my imperfections
Kevin Griffin, One Breath at a Time