Step 7: Asking
Step 7 — Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
Humility. I humbly asked God to remove my shortcomings.
Humility isn't humiliation — it's being right-sized. Step six was getting willing; step seven is the ask. Notice what this step doesn't say: it doesn't say grit your teeth and try harder. White-knuckling defects works exactly as well as white-knuckling the bottle did. You ask, then you cooperate with the removal by practicing the opposite: generosity where you were selfish, truth where you shaved corners.
What to read alongside Step 7
📚 Companion reading: Big Book page 76; the Twelve and Twelve's chapter on step seven.
Humility, rightly understood — and how the asking works.
What working Step 7 looks like
These are the reflection questions 1more24 asks you at this step. The answers underneath are written examples — one person's, invented for this page.
Define humility in your own words — what it is, and what it is definitely not.
Write your own asking prayer or letter, in your voice, naming the shortcomings you want gone.
Invented, not anyone's real writing — and it couldn't be. Every member's journal is encrypted with their own password, so this application cannot read a single word of it. Step 7 asks 1 more question once you're signed in.
Working Step 7, not just reading it
1more24 gives this step a private journal, reflection questions written for it, and a companion who knows where you are in the work. Everything you write is encrypted with your own password — nobody else can read it, not even us. Free and open to all.