So if you remove the God-ness of the regular 12 step process then the next reasonable step is to “making a searching and fearless moral inventory” of yourself. Since my last post I have been doing just that. And I determined that a lack of discipline in certain areas was causing an extreme depletion of self-esteem and subsequent anxious turmoil. So lately I am trying to focus on asserting some discipline. I finished a draft of the latest piece for George, I have skipped my usual indulgences, and at the moment I’m listening to music and just doing some “work”. It feels good. I plan to maximize those things that continue to feel good in this way. Supposedly it only takes 21 days…