Alcoholism, AA Fourth Step

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Does anyone have any experience with a fourth step from AA, NA, or another twelve step program?

I'm 9 months sober and I am participating in an AAWOL ( AA Way Of Life guided 12 step workshop).
The good thing is I'm feeling better than I ever have felt in my life.
The challenge is with regard to actually writing my fourth step. I'm using a Hazelden workbook for the first part.

During my years of abuse I frequently felt bad, however the part I'm struggling with is identifying the pieces that make up the big bad ball of wax. I'm afraid that limited emotional intelligence related to my AS is getting in the way, making it hard for me to write anything more than I felt bad or my behavior was bad.

Any advice or experience anyone can relate would be helpful, including if this post would be better placed in a different forum.
If anyone would prefer to send me a private message I would appreciate it and keep it confidential.
Thanks!

First of all congratulations on nine months. I like the form on this website 12step.com, this is what may sponsor had me do, but we just drew it on paper with a ruler. I liked being able to just check off the different things, it made it easier for me to figure out. My sponsor did have me read all the sections in the Big Book as I did them. I know you really want to do everything just right, but sometimes you just have to kind of guess. The guy who did this section on the website I listed put a definitions section at the bottom of the instructions sheet. Maybe looking at someone else's method will help you understand it better. Keep up the good work, hang in there it does get better.

Thanks buddy, I'm checking out the site now. Luckily I have a couple more weeks to work on this. I appreciate your help!