STEP FIVE, SHUNNING THE LIE FOR INTEGRITY IS MY GUIDE Now we are prepared to sit down with another human being and disclose the data we have compiled in Step Four.  It has been my experience that most addicts live their lives believing, deep down, that they are fundamentally broken.  This is what we might call a working hypothesis.  We all know that any hypothesis is only as strong as the data which supports it.  If a scientist were to come out with an idea that he hypothesizes would cure cancer but was unable to present any data, he would be ignored.  Therefore, if we have spent a lifetime selling ourselves on the hypothesis that we are fundamentally broken, we must be holding an array of empirical evidence which we believe supports this theory.  The data on our fourth step is the platform which we have been purporting as a testimonial of our brokenness.Now we are told what to do with this platform: