Self-reflection helps you steer your thoughts, emotions, and feelings in a healthy direction.
Creating our step four inventories can be a miserable endeavor. Basically, we’re dredging up the worst parts of ourselves and writing them down on paper, knowing we’ll soon be sharing this information with another person (as part of step five). If we’re working on step four and we start to feel serious anxiety or depression, we should take a break. We can put the step away for a while and share what we’re feeling with friends and loved ones who support our recovery. Later, when we are less overwhelmed, we can return to this work. As long as we don’t put it off indefinitely.
Just for Today:
Accept the emotional discomfort that comes with recovery.