Meditations on "Inventory"

The night before Jesus died on the cross, He shared a meal with his friends including one of His closest companions, Peter.

In Step-6 we say we are entirely ready to have God remove all the character defects we have listed in our fearless moral inventory.

Step 5 is often a tough step to complete. With great apprehension we have made a fearless moral inventory of ourselves and now we must admit to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.

The Serenity Prayer is the common name for a prayer authored by the American theologian Reinhold Niebuhr.

When we notice the shortcomings in our character, do we immediately have a sense of remorse or are we more likely to try to justify them?

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.