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Skip Shares on Taking a Daily Inventory With Step 10
'I Try to Look at Both Sides'

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One of the worse hangovers that I can ever have in life is anger. This is something that I must take care of real fast, not let it go on for days or even hours. I am very aware of how I treat people and when I lay my head down at night and I can't go right to sleep, there is something the matter with the way I have lived my life that day. Time to take that daily inventory.

There are times when I have to do this as the day goes on. If I am feeling overwhelmed (spot check). Having been in this program for some time now I know that I have to do this step all the time (every day). I have had to make this a daily thing in my life. At first I thought this was going to be a drag, until I realized how good it made me feel at the end of the day and during the day.

Gain More With Love Than Anger

This does not mean that people don't hurt me, but I have learned not to lash back, I gain a lot more with love than anger. For me it is a bad day when I don't tell someone that I love them, as most of you well know. I have learned that love is a lot more then what I grew up with. Today I know that I love you for no other reason than because you are you.

This step has also shown me the good side of me also, things that I have done well today. I always try to look at both sides of the day the good and the bad, and thank God for sitting beside me all day, and you know what? I slept pretty well last night!

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