CPA Fourth Step Guide : An Emotional Inventory

By: Chronic Pain Anonymous World Services

Like all Twelve Step programs, Chronic Pain Anonymous (CPA) utilizes the Twelve Steps, including taking Fourth Step inventories. This is a workbook for CPA members wishing to complete such an inventory. It is a companion to our book, Recipe for Recovery that discusses all Twelve Steps of CPA.

Doing a Fourth Step can feel overwhelming-but it doesn't have to be. This workbook offers a slower, kinder path through taking an emotional inventory, one that honors our limitations, resilience, and lived reality. We don't have to choose between recovery and rest-we can have both. Chronic pain and chronic illness can complicate the emotional landscape that a Fourth Step asks us to explore.

This workbook provides clear instructions, spaces for honest reflection, gentle pacing, and accessible prompts tailored to bodies that tire easily and minds that are juggling more than most. We learn how to take an inventory without pushing past our limits, how to navigate difficult emotions without retraumatizing our systems, and how to cultivate self-compassion as we move toward daily peace, joy, and comfort.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1735329533
• ISBN13: 9781735329536
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Chronic Pain Anonymous