The AA saying "rock bottom is simply when we stop digging our hole" captures one of recovery's most liberating and empowering truths—that hitting bottom isn't about reaching some predetermined depth of consequences or suffering, but about making the conscious choice to stop making things worse. This principle recognizes that bottom is a decision point rather than a destination, a moment of clarity and choice rather than an inevitable depth of destruction.

This self-assessment is designed to help you examine your relationship with this fundamental recovery truth. It explores whether you understand bottom as choice or depth, identifies areas where you might still be "digging" in some aspects of life, and helps you develop skills for recognizing and making stop-digging decisions before unnecessary damage occurs.

The assessment examines not just your historical experience with hitting bottom but your current ability to recognize when you're making things worse and your willingness to make course corrections before reaching crisis points.