Meditations on "Inventory"

When we begin a searching and fearless moral inventory, we often list the obvious things we know that are not in keeping with God's will.

Depending on a given situation, we often find ourselves caught up in the conflict of our desire for justice or mercy.

The 12-Step Road often seems a long and winding one to us and some of us think we can reach the same destination by taking shortcuts that are more agreeable.

We are just moving into summer and hopefully looking forward to long days lounging around in the sunshine.

Step 10 of the 12-Step program advises us to continue to take personal inventory and, when we are wrong, promptly admit it.

Rudeness shows itself in our speech and actions towards others.

It’s not surprising that living in active addiction was for years often described as having a habit.

Step 5 of the 12-Step program of A.A. asks that we admit to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.

In “How It Works” we read and hear the following words read regularly at meetings: Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path.

Step 10 of the 12-Step program encourages us to stay on track in our recovery with the following words: “We continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.

To stop using our substance of choice is a great beginning in recovery but God knows that unless we deal with the underlying root of our habits and addictive practices, we will remain doomed for failure.

As our time increases in recovery one of the enemies we need to be aware of and guard against is becoming complacent.