With Step 10, the Big Book tells us sanity has returned. “We will seldom be interested in liquor. If tempted, we recoil from it as from a hot flame. We react sanely and normally, and we will find that this has happened automatically.”

The process of looking at our character defects and our wrongs that we began in the Fourth Step continues with this Step. “We have entered the world of the Spirit. Our next Function is to grow in understanding and effectiveness.”

Now that we have cleaned up the mistakes of the past and made reparations for them, this Step tells us how to maintain the new state of serenity and freedom we have achieved. With Step 10, we monitor our character defects and their consequences through a daily inventory, taking prompt corrective action as needed to keep our slate clean and our character defects in check.

In other words,

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With Step 10, the Big Book tells us sanity has returned. “We will seldom be interested in liquor. If tempted, we recoil from it as from a hot flame. We react sanely and normally, and we will find that this has happened automatically.”

The process of looking at our character defects and our wrongs that we began in the Fourth Step continues with this Step. “We have entered the world of the Spirit. Our next Function is to grow in understanding and effectiveness.”

Now that we have cleaned up the mistakes of the past and made reparations for them, this Step tells us how to maintain the new state of serenity and freedom we have achieved. With Step 10, we monitor our character defects and their consequences through a daily inventory, taking prompt corrective action as needed to keep our slate clean and our character defects in check.

In other words,
In step 9, we cleaned up the wreckage of the past. And now in Step 10, we clean up the wreckage of the present.

Let’s start with you ?,
What is the purpose of Step 10 for you?
What does Step 10 look like for you?

Why does the Step begin with “Continued to take…?”
Why is the process of taking an inventory as important as admitting when we are wrong?
What does the phrase “personal inventory” mean to you?
How does this differ from the moral inventory of Step 4?

What actions are required in this step for you?
What does it mean to be “wrong”? Examples?

What are your major character defects and how do they manifest?
What does the phrase “promptly admit it” mean to you? How do you know when you have taken this step?

Step 10 Worksheet
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What would you say to the new guy about Step 10?