One Day at a Time in Al-Anon:
One suggestion we hear in Al-Anon is: Don’t take anyone’s inventory but your own. This may surprise us, if we feel, as many of us have, that all our misery is caused by the actions of the alcoholic. We are eager to justify ourselves, explaining what he or she did that was so shocking, so inexcusable! Then how, we ask, could anyone think we were at fault?
Gradually we come to understand that we could have done many things more wisely. Perhaps we have criticized actions that we need not have taken to heart. We brought many troubles on ourselves, we find, by interfering. Finally we see that we have much inventorying of our own to do.
Today’s Reminder:
Do I habitually criticize others? I will learn to Live and Let Live.
Am I fearful, picturing with dread what the future will bring?
I will Let Go and Let God, and live only for this one day.
Do I aggravate family problems with temper tantrums and uncontrolled words and actions?
I will remind myself to Think.
Am I constantly in a state of flustered confusion?
I will put First Thing First.
“I find the Slogans a great help in taking a searching and fearless moral inventory of myself.”