Step 10 encourages us to continue to take personal inventory and when we are wrong to promptly admit it. All of us can get to that place where we become complacent and feel we no longer need to keep doing the things that helped us get this far in our recovery. Perhaps we stop going to meetings or avoid seeing our sponsor or friends in recovery. We escape conscious contact with God and His principles by not reading the Bible. If any or all of these are present in our lives, a personal inventory will reveal that we are drifting like a piece of wood in a fast running river.
Here is the law I find working in me. When I want to do good, evil is right there with me. Deep inside me I find joy in God’s law. But I see another law working in me. It fights against the law of my mind. It makes me a prisoner of the law of sin. That law controls me. (Romans 7:21-23 NIRV)
If we admit that we have been wrong in our attitude, we will need to discipline ourselves to get back into a daily routine of doing those things that contribute to our well-being. Old habits do not die they have to be overcome with new ones. Scheduling our time may be a way to stop discouragement nagging at our hearts. Improving our conscious contact with God by reading His word is a tried and true way of building up our character and inner strength.
And remember, it is a message to obey, not just to listen to. So don’t fool yourselves. For if a person just listens and doesn’t obey, he is like a man looking at his face in a mirror; as soon as he walks away, he can’t see himself anymore or remember what he looks like. (James 1:22-24 TLB)
Problems need to be brought to God for help to overcome. Being honest with ourselves as we take personal inventory on a regular basis will stem the tide of relapse and help us stay focused on our life with God in recovery.
Prayer: Gracious God, Forgive me when I neglect to seek You in all my ways. Please help me to stay focused on those things that bring me life. Amen
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