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The third step.

Community Leaderbobinmaine
bobinmaine
I don't understand why so many people can't get beyond this step. We talked about it again at another meeting last night.

I guess it's because it is so hard to put your faith and trust into something you can't see or feel but I think it's like everything else in life, it just takes practices.

Your thoughts please.
1is2many
1is2many
it all boils down to a control thing

i am stuck on three... i guess i need to give it up more

but then again i am a control freak, but trying to change

1is2
Community Leaderbobinmaine
bobinmaine
#15, I don't know how you do it but I know it can be done, there are many like you and you deserve alot of credit for doing so.

#16 . Even though I am 6 years removed from my first rehab, I still have times when I go back to being controlling also. It is human nature, I think and it's something I have to continually work at.

Thanks!
Thirsty4Life
Thirsty4Life
Strangely enough I'm missing a few folks posts on this thread based on comments.. Is that normal?
Community LeaderExJerseyGirl2
ExJerseyGirl2
Thirsty4life -- shouldn't be any missing posts. Send me a PM if you have details and I will try to help you figure it out.
m8bear
m8bear
Is it really about step 3 or about step 4? I remember someone saying about the '3 step waltz' because there is fear of doing step 4. When I first came in I used to hear so much about 'step 4' and how scary/hard it was, luckily that is not the case in the meetings I go to now.

I loved 'I can't, he can, so let him' for the first 3 steps. Then, as others have said, my work began.

How glad I am today that I became willing to do the work :)
Community Leaderbobinmaine
bobinmaine
I'm clueless on 18 and I hope 19 can help her out.

Bear, that sounds like someone who didn't take one step at a time :)

I always try not to think too far ahead. Somebody once told me that 95% of the things we worry about never happen and the other 5%...we can't do anything about.

God Bless!
paulokes
paulokes
Seems like sometimes
Its about doing nothing
Instead of wading in and doing what I think I'm supposed to do
And sometimes
Its about doing what's been put in front of me
Instead of sitting back and doing nothing

Anything more complicated than that, I'm in danger of wishful thinking!

There will be an answer, Let it Be ;)
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sKbBY86AoxQ

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