Step Ten - Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.

ML here....powerless over my emotions...

PLEASE SEE THE AL-ANON POST for Step 10 = wonderful description of how Step 10 can work.

It's the same 12 Steps in each recovery program, but the focus may be a bit different from Program to Program. With Emotions Anonymous it is our emotions which we are powerless over. When I do a Step 10 on a daily basis I tend to check for patterns of thinking that may contribute to an emotionally 'heavy' day.

I'm going to give examples of a Step 10 'checklist' that can be used daily instead of describe the practice since I believe it is so nicely covered in the Al-Anon post.

This checklist is taken from a Step 10 workbook I purchased through Emotions Anonymous many years ago.

I am asked to use a rating system to record my level of functioning each day (0-poor, 1-fair, 2-average, 3 -good, 1 - excellent). I also found that, being emotionally challenged I need to also ask myself the level of my honesty when using the scale, was I exaggerating either negatively or positively and to add that to my list as well. This is EXACTLY how the page reads:

Characteristics (Weaknesses)
Abandonment
Anger/Resentment
Approval Seeking
Caretaking
Control
Depression/self-pity
Dishonesty
Frozen feelings
Isolation
Low self-esteem
Over Responsibility
Procrastination
Worry (past or future)

Characteristics (Strengths)
Forgiven
Generosity
Honesty
Humility
Patience
Risk-taking (non-destructive)
Self-nuturing
Tolerance
Trust

Just one example of how to complete or WORK a Step 10. I have other 'emotions' on my list that include: being grandiose, Faith vs. fear, breaking promises to myself or others, happiness, serenity.....the list can be helpful and useful if I use it just to reflect.