Why do a Moral Inventory? – Episode 246
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🗓️ 8 May 2018
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Why do we take inventory in Al-Anon? And what is a “moral inventory” anyway? Spencer shares his answers to some questions about Step 4 from our book Paths to Recovery about the purpose of taking our own moral inventory. His answers were written in 2002, 2011, and 2018. How have they changed (or not)? The questions...
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| 0:00.0 | Why do we take inventory in Elenon and what is a moral inventory anyway? |
| 0:05.6 | Welcome to episode 246 of the recovery show. This episode is brought to you by |
| 0:10.5 | Penelope, Taren, Lucy, and Hillary. They use the donation button on our |
| 0:15.1 | website. Thank you, Penelope, Taran, Lucy, and Hillary for your generous |
| 0:19.6 | contributions. This episode is for you. We are friends and family members of alcoholics and addicts who have found a path to serenity and happiness. |
| 0:28.0 | We who live or have lived with a seemingly hopeless problem of addiction understand as perhaps a few others can. |
| 0:33.8 | So much depends on our own attitudes and we believe that changed attitudes can aid recovery. |
| 0:38.8 | Before we begin, we would like to state that though we at the recovery show may be in a 12-step program, we represent ourselves rather than the program. |
| 0:46.0 | During this show we will share our own experiences. The opinions expressed here are strictly those of the person who gave them. |
| 0:52.0 | Take what you like and leave the rest. I hope that you will find something in our sharing that speaks to your life. My name is Spencer and I am your host today. |
| 0:59.0 | I'd like to start with a reading. This is from our daily reader, Hope for Today. |
| 1:05.0 | May 31st. I grew up believing that my behavior was supposed to be perfect and hating |
| 1:10.0 | myself when it wasn't. No one actually told me I was supposed to be flawless, but that's what I believed. |
| 1:15.4 | My self-esteem diminished whenever I made a mistake, didn't know something I was expected to know did something wrong, |
| 1:20.8 | or when something I unintentionally did or said ended up hurting someone. |
| 1:25.1 | I believed my mistakes were proof of my failure at the one thing I was supposed to be able |
| 1:29.6 | to accomplish perfection. |
| 1:32.1 | After some time in Elenon, I felt I needed to take step four, a searching and fearless moral inventory of myself. |
| 1:38.0 | I felt fear in approaching this step and shame over each imperfection for which I would have to take responsibility. |
| 1:44.4 | I believe my inventory was a tally of my goods and bads that would soon prove to God |
| 1:48.8 | to myself and another human being that I was a failure. After thoroughly studying this step in Al-An literature and speaking with my sponsor, I decided |
| 1:57.0 | to change my attitude. |
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