Addiction Blog

To inventory your personal or life resources is to take a good look at yourself-but a sympathetic,positive look,the way an admiringfriend would see you,What is good,praiseworthy,commendable about you?You can start by making a list in response to these questions:
What are your greatest accomplishments in life?
What are you best at?
Of what are you proudest?
What gives you greatest enjoyment?
What do people like or respect most about you?

Here are some specific accomplishements,skils,and assets people report:

I’m very proud of my relationships with my children
I have made major life changes ( such as quitting an addiction )befor
I am very good at making other people feel relaxed
I have contributed a lot to my church groups
I do my job very well
I have a lot of friends
I am good athlete
I’m an artist;I can create beautiful and unique things
I love going to the beach;I feel at peace there
I was president of my college freternity
I solved a financial crunch that saved our company
I belive God loves me
I can fix almost anything
I organize our household better than anyone else could
I’m smart
I can figure out solutions to most problems
I handle stress very well
I do things that are making the world a better place
I can spend time by myself,like a lot of people can’t

As the last statement illustrates , thislist leaves you open to the sinof ‘pride’ .Indeed some twelve-step or six,five programs actually ask people to record their violations of the ’seven deadly sins’ and to cite how pride is a sin that gotten them into trouble

This list an outline of what tou need to sustain yourself and to overcome addiction.