by Kay Sheppard, LMHC
According to A.A. literature, there are three forms of the 10th Step inventory checklist: in the evening before bed, on the spot when needed, and the ones taken with our sponsor.
Whichever form we use, the 10th Step is a powerful tool in avoiding relapse. This inventory gives us the information we need to avoid developing self-destructive patterns that will lead us back into the disease.
Here are a number of threats to recovery. Add your own relapse warning signs to develop a daily inventory checklist.
- Weekly home meeting
- Additional meetings ____ times weekly
- Food plan/abstinence: plan, report, commit; weigh and measure
- Sponsor contact
- Literature
- Journal
- Gratitude list
- Step 10 checklist
- Telephone contacts
- Pray daily
- Weigh once a month
- Exercise 45 minutes maximum
- Service
- Ask for help
Finally, check on these:
- Overwork
- Ego problems
- Fatigue
- Compulsive behavior
- Lifestyle changes
- Making time for me
- HALT (Am I too hungry, angry, lonely, tired?)
- Depression
- Late for meetings
- Judging, criticizing, and blaming others
- Unnecessary spending
- Dangerous people and places
- Compulsive eating
- Spontaneous eating
- Under-eating
- Overeating
- Eating trigger food
- Addictive eating: sugar, flour, wheat
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