Living The Program What Worked for Us:  Step 10    Daily Journal The purpose of this daily inventory is to keep track of WHO WE ARE and WHAT WE ARE DOING Today? Try to answer every question, every day.  Keep your answers as simple and as honest as you can.  If you miss a day, do not make it up later.  Limit your answers and concerns to the past twenty-four hours and complete the questionnaire at the end of the day. If you wish to share some of this journal, we suggest that you do so verbally.  Remember that a daily inventory is not a test:  there are no right or wrong answers.  Do not get upset if you could have done better or if you fail to live up to your expectations of yourself.  Remember, this is a program of Growth and Recovery and if you are sober Today, you Are doing something right. JUST FOR Today My thoughts will be on my recovery, living and enjoying life with the use of alcohol or drugs..... YN     Am I sober Today? YN     How have I acted differently? YN      Did my disease run my life Today? If so How? YN      What did I do Today that I wish I had not Done? YN      What did I do Today that I wish I had Done? YN      Was I good to myself Today? How? YN      Was Today a good day? How? YN      Was I Happy? How? YN      Was I Serene?  How?   JUST FOR Today I will have faith in someone who believes in me and wants to help me in my recovery. . . . .  YN     Did I talk to my sponsor Today?  When? YN     Did I attend a meeting Today? Where? YN      Did I admit I was Powerless Today? YN      Was I able to put my trust in my Higher Power Today? YN      What did I learn about myself Today? YN      Did I make any amends Today? YN      Do I owe any Amends Today? YN     Did I admit fault to anyone Today? YN      Did I worry about Yesterday or Tomorrow? YN      Can I accept myself as I am Today? YN      Did I feel like I was a part of Humanity Today? YN     Did I allow myself to become obsessed by anything Today? YN      Have I done anything to cause harm to myself or another Today? YN      If so What? YN      Am I willing to change Today? YN      Did I pray or Mediate Today? YN     How did this affect my life? YN      What spiritual principles have I been able to practice in my life Today? YN      Was the important thing in my life Today staying Sober? JUST FOR Today I will be unafraid:  My thoughts will be on my new associations-people who are not drinking and have a new way of life.   So long as I follow this way.  I will have nothing to fear.... YN     Have I given of myself Today without expecting anything in return ? YN      Was there fear in my life Today? YN      Did I feel intense joy or pain? YN      Did I call or visit someone in the Program Today? YN      Did I pray for the well-being of another Today? YN     Was I happy Today? YN      Have I been Peaceful Today? YN      Did I consciously remember that I have a choice Today? Ðear God, Show me what I have done Right and wrong Today.  Show me how I can better live and serve Thy will tomorrow. Notes: Thanks to my Sponsor Ricky D.

SEVEN DEADLY SINS These considerations were taken from pages 48, 49, 66 & 67 of the Twelve and Twelve The bold type presents definitions from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary. PRIDE: An over high opinion of oneself; exaggerated self-esteem; conceit, arrogance, vanity, self-satisfaction. Have I been so proud that I’ve been scorned (disrespected) as a braggart (bragger)? Have I acted prideful, consciously or unconsciously out of fear? Have I used pride to justify my excesses in my sex conduct? Do I like to feel and act superior to others? GREED: Excessive desire for acquiring or having; desire for more than one needs or deserves. Have I been so greedy that I’ve been or could be labeled a thief? Do I long for the possessions of others out of fear of not getting enough? Do I let greed masquerade as ambition? LUST: To feel an intense desire, especially sexual desire; to long: after or for. Have I been lustful enough to rape, if not physically what about in my mind? Do I fear I will never have the sex relations I need? Do I have sex excursions that have been dressed up in dreams or delusions of romance? ANGER: A strong feeling excited by a real or supposed injury; often accompanied by a desire to take vengeance, or to obtain satisfaction from the offending party; resentment; wrath. Have I been angry enough to murder? Do I get angry out of fear when my instinctive demands are threatened? Have I enjoyed self-righteous anger in the fact that many people annoy me and that makes me superior to them? Have I enjoyed gossiping as a polite form of murder by character assassination? GLUTTONY: One who eats too much. One with a great capacity for something; as, a glutton for work. Have I been gluttonous enough to ruin my health? Do I grab for everything I can, fearing I’ll never have enough? Do I bury myself in my work, hobbies or activities? ENVY: To resent another for excellence or superiority in any way, and to be desirous of acquiring it. Do I agonized over the chronic (persistent or recurring) pain of envy? Does seeing the ambitions of others materialize make me fear that mine haven’t? Do I suffer from never being satisfied with what I have? Have I spent more time wishing for what others have than working towards them? SLOTH: Disinclination to action or labor; sluggishness; habitual indolence; laziness, idleness; slowness; delay. Have I been paralyzed by sloth? Do I get alarmed with fear at the prospect of work? Do I work hard with no better motive than to be secure and slothful later on? Do I loaf and procrastinate? Do I work grudgingly and under half steam?