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

From: Paths To Recovery - pg. 104
(Copyrighyt 1997, by Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc. Limited written permission of Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc.)

As we work Step Ten on a regular basis, we will continue to turn to our Higher Power for help. When we inventory our day, we admit our shortcomings to God, become ready and then humbly ask God to remove them. We list the people we have harmed and make the appropriate amends. In taking Step Ten inventories, we are actually using all of the previous Steps, remembering to treat ourselves with compassion and love. Because we have experiened the pain caused by our shortcomings, we do not want to return to them. We keep working our program as if the quality of our lives depends on it - and it does.

Love in Recovery - Dot

Please share your thoughts on Step Ten.

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  I am green to Step 10.    Every morning I try to read some alanon literature or similar to start my day quietly, and to start it quieting my mind---instead of Jumping Right In !   I usually start it with a mediatative prayer, too.  Something like "Show me The Way"  or  "guide me to the next right people, place or thing."   After  a couple years in program, I am now starting to incorporate a couple afternoon breaks in my life.  These are to think, relax, meditate 15-20 minutes, or read literature.  At bedtime, I usually like to remember what went well.  I use to go "ugh" at bedtime about the things that didn't, but now I see that's a waste of time, and try to remember what went RIGHT, and what insights I gained during my "spot-checks" during the day.


[There was a time, I used to pray at least 3 times a day, and Read 3 times a day--just to stay alive and afloat!]



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I really like the idea of thinking of the good things that went well during that day also. I have to ask God to show me who I own amends too so I can get it taken care of right away. If I don't I get nervous about it and then want to let it go. I love clearing the air now, but it's taken a few years to get there.


Thanks for the share.


(((Hugs)))


GammyRose



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We have to remember to balance...  make amends to others,,,, anda make amends to ourselves


also to give praise for the good things,,,  in an attitude of gratitude for the positives


love in recovery,


amanda



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Looking in the mirror when I am upset or out of sorts has always been hard for me. My natural reaction is to blame someone else for my getting out of sorts. Learning to take a personal inventory gave me a basis for solution oriented living instead of victim oriented living.


A personal inventory isn't a berating of myself for being wrong. It is a way to pinpoint where I need to begin to get ok. It is the admission that I am a work in progress, and that I need God's help to find peace and serenity. Hugs, Magic



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