Leaders’ Course Resources

Session 13 – Cleaning House

Step 10: We continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it

“Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me…Surely you desire truth in the inner parts; you teach me wisdom in the inmost place…Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me…The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise” Psalm 51 – NIV

Topic for thought

Today we start the last three steps, which are sometimes known as ‘the Maintenance Steps’. This phrase infers that having completed the first nine steps we are now in a much healthier place and now, in order to maintain our recovery, we simply need to apply Steps 10, 11 and 12. In some rehabs they call Step 10 ‘Relapse Prevention’.

The Issue

The purpose of Step 10 is, that in continuing to write a personal inventory and, when we are wrong, promptly admitting it and apologising to the person concerned, we learn to detect and prevent relapse. By facing in truth the secrets and lies that confront us on a daily basis we will keep ourselves on the level path of recovery.

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After each session, you can give your guests access to the resources for that week. These are designed to help them revisit the session, reflect on what they have learned and continue exploring the week's theme between sessions.

What's included?

Each week's guest resources include:

  • Session Video
    Watch the session again or revisit a particular section.

  • Pause for Thought
    Take some time to reflect on the themes explored during the session.

  • Coursework
    Continue exploring the week's theme and put what you have learned into practice.

How to give your guests access

At the end of each session, simply share the link to that week's resources with your guests.

You can share the link in whatever way works best for your group, for example by email, text message or WhatsApp.

If some guests would prefer to work from printed materials, you can also print the Pause for Thought and Coursework and give these to them at the end of the session.

Choose whichever approach works best for your group. You can also use a combination of digital and printed resources to make sure everyone can access the materials in a way that works for them.

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