Optimal Health |
- Knows limits
- Has clear priorities
- Congruent with
Values
- Rooted in Diversity
- Supportive
- Has established a
personal system
- Balanced
- Orderly
- Resolves Crises
quickly
- Capacity to sustain
spontaneity
- Shows creative
discipline
|
Stable Solidity |
- Recognizes human
limits
- Does not pretend to
be more than he or she is
- Maintains most
boundaries
- Well ordered
- Typically feels
competent
- Feels supported
- Able to weather
crisis
|
Medium Risk |
- Slipping
- Often rushed
- Can’t get it all in
- No emotional margin
for crisis
- Vulnerable to slip
into old patterns
- Typically lives as
if has inordinate influence over others and/or feels inadequate
|
High Risk |
- Living in extremes
(overactive or inactive)
- Relationships
abbreviated
- Feels irresponsible
and is
- Constantly has
reasons for not following through
- Talks one way; lives
another
- Works hard to catch
up
|
Very High Risk |
- Usually pursuing
self-destructive behavior
- Often totally into
mission or cause or project
- Blames others for
failures
- Seldom produces on
time
- Controversial in
community
- Success vs.
Achievement-oriented
|
Taken from A Gentle Path Through the 12 steps by Patrick Carnes, Ph.D.