Step Ten: Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
"When a drunk has a terrific hangover because he drank heavily yesterday, he cannot live well today. But there is another kind of hangover which we all experience whether we are drinking or not. That is the emotional hangover, the direct result of yesterday's and sometimes today's excesses of negative emotion – anger, fear, jealousy and the like. If we would live serenely today and tomorrow, we certainly need to remove these hangovers. This doesn't mean we need to wander morbidly around in the past. It requires an admission and correction of errors now."
Received this in an e-mail. Just goes to show how important it is to practice these principles in daily living. And yes, that means outside of A.A. meetings! lol
Good to see you here. With that 10th Step, sometimes I think, well, why do I have to do this Step, once, if not twice a month, usually, and then I remember the answer: I'm still breathing!
Emotional hangovers eh....Yup..still get em....I think they call it "Being Human" ..but they can take one, a long way down the ladder...if we let them...
Step Ten: Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
I used to work this step the following way...
"Continued to take everyone elses inventory, and when they were wrong...promptly told them what their problem was, and where to stick it"
Usually got reactions (smile)
Keep on truckin...hope all is well...
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