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***nandm*** · 12-23-2007, 01:12 PM

Step Ten ~ Part 1: Questions

"Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it."

1. If we are to experience permanent recovery from alcoholism, what do we need to do?

2. The first nine steps of our program gave us a new beginning, laid patterns for us to follow in the future. What does Step Ten call for?

3. Tell us what the word perseverance means and how it is associated with our recovery and this step?

4. In the AA 12 & 12, it talks of an emotional hangover. The direct results of yesterday's and sometimes today's excess of negative emotions. List some of these negative emotions and explain how they affect your recovery.

5. One last question for this week, if we have these negative emotions when are we to take care of them and why?

12-23-2007, 01:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
*nandm* Life the gift of recovery! Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Home is where the heart is Posts: 6,580	Questions to ask yourself while working Step 10 Step Ten ~ Part 1: Questions "Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it." 1. If we are to experience permanent recovery from alcoholism, what do we need to do? 2. The first nine steps of our program gave us a new beginning, laid patterns for us to follow in the future. What does Step Ten call for? 3. Tell us what the word perseverance means and how it is associated with our recovery and this step? 4. In the AA 12 & 12, it talks of an emotional hangover. The direct results of yesterday's and sometimes today's excess of negative emotions. List some of these negative emotions and explain how they affect your recovery. 5. One last question for this week, if we have these negative emotions when are we to take care of them and why? __________________ NOTE: All BB quotes are from the 1st Edition of the Big Book Depression is not a sign of weakness. It is a sign of being too strong for too long.