“But we must be careful not to drift into worry, remorse or morbid reflection, for that would diminish our usefulness to others.” (Page 86, Big Book)
More than five minutes of introspection makes worry, remorse, or morbid reflection unavoidable.
It’s like radiation exposure: only a short duration and the radiation poisoning starts to set in.
I have to be careful to avoid using the programme to languish in self either in Step Ten or in Step Eleven.