Meditation reading for Friday August 18, 2023
INVENTORY IS NOW —
In the early days of AA, the dramatic accounts of drinking escapades seemed to show honesty. Taking personal inventory often included telling others about bizarre behavior connected with drinking.
We know today that inventory ought to continue on a daily basis, even though years have passed since our last drink. We've learned through painful experiences that in sobriety we can still display many of the shortcomings that plagued us as practicing alcoholics. It can also be a trap to focus on our past wrongs rather than today's faults. We may be using this focus on the past to avoid being honest about where we stand today. Let's remember that inventory is always now. Taking inventory of the past won't help us with today's shortcomings.
I won't use a discussion of my past wrongs as subterfuge to keep from being honest about today's wrongs.
I'll continue to take personal inventory and admit wrongs as they come up.