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10th Step Inventory Checklist for Food Addicts
by Kay Sheppard, LMHC

According to A.A. literature, there are three forms of the 10th Step inventory checklist: in the evening before bed, on the spot when needed, and the ones taken with our sponsor.

Whichever form we use, the 10th Step is a powerful tool in avoiding relapse. This inventory gives us the information we need to avoid developing self-destructive patterns that will lead us back into the disease.

Here are a number of threats to recovery. Add your own relapse warning signs to develop a daily inventory checklist.

* Weekly home meeting
* Additional meetings ____ times weekly
* Food plan/abstinence: plan, report, commit; weigh and measure
* Sponsor contact
* Literature
* Journal
* Gratitude list
* Step 10 checklist
* Telephone contacts
* Pray daily
* Weigh once a month
* Exercise 45 minutes maximum
* Service
* Ask for help

Finally, check on these:
* Overwork
* Ego problems
* Fatigue
* Compulsive behavior
* Lifestyle changes
* Making time for me
* HALT (Am I too hungry, angry, lonely, tired?)
* Depression
* Late for meetings
* Judging, criticizing, and blaming others
* Unnecessary spending
* Dangerous people and places
* Compulsive eating
* Spontaneous eating
* Under-eating
* Overeating
* Eating trigger food
* Addictive eating: sugar, flour, wheat