Step 5 - The Honesty Gym
What does this bot do?
- ✅ an innovative tool designed to support you in your recovery process, specifically in applying the principles of the Fifth Step: "Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs." This bot is here to help you train your honesty muscle, "clear the table," and practice healthy sharing.
How can the bot help and guide you?
- The bot is built with 3 different tracks, so everyone can choose exactly what fits where they are today in their recovery:
- 📡 The Secrets Radar ("Never go to sleep with secrets")
As addicts, secrets are explosive material. The daily text warns that "whoever goes to sleep with cats wakes up in the morning with ticks."
How it works: At the end of the day, the bot will help you do a quick "table clearing." It will ask you if you have any small secrets, withholdings, or half-truths from the past day, and will help you draft an honest message that you can send to your sponsor so you don't have to stay with it alone. - 🏋️ The "I Was Wrong" Muscle Gym
One of the hardest things to do is to say "I was wrong," without justifying yourself or blaming others.
How it works: The bot acts as a simulator. You will describe a situation that happened to you where you were wrong, and the bot will "peel away" the justifications and excuses from your text. It will challenge you to rewrite it until you produce a clean sentence starting with "I was wrong when...". - 🛡️ The Harm and Gossip Filter
Step 5 is not the place to reveal the secrets of others or "save our own skin" at their expense.
How it works: Before you share a text with your sponsor, you can feed it into the bot. The bot will scan it and alert you if you are discussing someone else's defects or exposing information that could harm a third party, helping you focus solely on your own part.
How to start?
Simply click the bot link below and send it the following message: "Hi, I want to start working on the seventh step."