Friday, October 11, 2013

12 Step inventory

Where am I at?  mulderfan's comment about step 4 in the 12 step program sent me looking for an inventory for myself.  I happen to agree with mulderfan that the 12 step program can be tweaked to meet different problems to overcome.  So I went looking for 12 step inventory, there are a bunch out there... 

Some that I found interesting:

http://step12.com/step-4.html

http://www.12step.org/docs/Step4_Inventory.pdf

http://www.upperroomcomm.com/bbsguide/

http://12stepwork.com/pdf-downloads/

More information:
http://12step.org/worksheets/12steporg-worksheets.html

This is only from the first page of links.  There are a lot of solutions available.

For those that are curious about what the 12 steps of AA are check out this link:
http://www.aa.org/en_pdfs/smf-121_en.pdf

What other organizations are discovering is this basic recipe for alcoholics also works for other addictions and problems.

****Important Reminder from mulderfan: Important reminder! The 4th Step is not about beating yourself up, it's about BUILDING yourself up!

This is a bit cynical, but I often say, "There's no need to waste time beating yourself up when there's a whole world out there just waiting to do it for you."


From me:  Negative tapes may try to shout out their agenda and drown out the positive things I do.  This assessment is to evaluate where I am at right now, good, bad, and indifferent.  

2 comments:

mulderfan said...

Important reminder! The 4th Step is not about beating yourself up, it's about BUILDING yourself up!

This is a bit cynical, but I often say, "There's no need to waste time beating yourself up when there's a whole world out there just waiting to do it for you."

Ruth said...

Thanks for the important reminder. I added it to the post.