Why do we continue to take our inventory?

What is the benefit of promptly admitting our errors?

Welcome to episode 435 of The Recovery Show.

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Thank you, Victoria, Brian, Alan, Elaine, and David for your generous

contributions. This episode is for you. We are friends of family members, of alcoholics,

and addicts who have found a path to serenity and happiness. We who live or have lived with the

seemingly hopeless problem of addiction, understand as perhaps few others can. So much depends on our own

attitudes, and we believe that changed attitudes can aid recovery. Before we begin, we would like

to state that in this show, we represent ourselves rather than any 12-step program. During this show,

we will share our own experiences. The opinions expressed here

are strictly those of the person who gave them. Take what you like and leave the rest. We hope

that you will find something in our sharing that speaks to your life. My name is Spencer. I am your

host today and joining me is Pat. Welcome back to the recovery show, Pat.

Our discussion today is going to center on step 10 of Alonon. We're going to start by reading

from chapter 8 of how Alonon works the section about Step 10. Step 10 says, continued to take personal inventory and when we

were wrong, promptly admitted it. The first paragraph of the reading. In the fourth step,

we begin a process of self-examination by taking inventory of ourselves. With the help of our higher

power, we continued this process

in subsequent steps as we tried to act upon what we had learned about ourselves, building upon

our strengths and striving to be free from our shortcomings. We learned to take responsibility

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