inventories
Inadequate Clothing
My wife and I recently holidayed in Scotland. If you are visiting Scotland, you are interested in history or have ...
The confessional conversation
The inventory is now complete. While it is still fresh in my mind, I book time with my spiritual coach, ...
What was my role?
The best is last; the fourth column is the best. In Column #3, I saw patterns emerge in the free ...
How were you affected?
The question asked in Column #3 is, “How did these facts affect you?” The answer to this question includes facts ...
Just the facts, ma’am
Column #2 of the classic four column process, the facts that caused you to think of the name in Column ...
Special Names
In inventories, some names are special. Let me share this story with you showing how a special relationship can be ...
Writing the Name
The first part of the process is writing a grudge list, so-called by Bill Wilson in the Big Book. As ...
Moral Versus Personal
Step Four is a moral inventory, and Step Ten is a personal inventory. An exciting choice of adjectives, moral to ...
Spiritual Maintenance
My AA birthday has just passed. Another year sober, and another year of spiritual maintenance. “A business that does not ...
Program Paradoxes
Program Paradoxes: As we think more about ourselves, we think more of ourselves. The Program involves a lot of introspection ...
Inventory of Principles
In our moral and personal inventories, we are instructed to create a Grudge List with people, institutions and principles that ...
The heart is a divine antenna
At a meeting last week someone shared that “the heart is a divine antenna.” An antenna picks up invisible radio ...
You can’t make a sandwich without the bread
Making a peanut butter sandwich is the end result of a causal chain. It requires a series of events and ...
Finding where you went wrong
Imagine a ski hill; I am standing with you, my student. “Turn where I turn,” I instruct, then I take ...
Unwinding your own history
Heard at a recent meeting: “With inventories and amends, we are unwinding our personal histories.” I see in my mind’s ...
Taking God for Granted
If you have ever pedalled on a bike against the wind, you can quickly recall the exhaustion and frustration of ...
