Taboos?
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I don't know if I'd call it a taboo, but something I had to be conscious of given my own personality was the desire to do the Steps "perfectly" and to get them done quickly. One reason I used alcohol was to help me control things, and I brought that desire into sobriety, too. It took a while to learn that perfectionism is an illusion, and that I'm not running this show. The exercise of realizing that I can't control everything and that doing the Steps the best I could under the guidance of my sponsor was "good enough." I just let go of the steering wheel and did stuff when my sponsor said to, and didn't press him for when we'd do the next step.
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Originally Posted by tomsteve 
no, but complicating a simple program can make it harder than it is.
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Originally Posted by tomsteve
no, but complicating a simple program can make it harder than it is.
Thank you!
I was listening to Mark H. yesterday and he said, "The first 33 pages are really designed at looking at one thing. When you take a drink of alcohol, do you lose control?"
Mark H. and Dave F. FOTS Step One
http://www.xa-speakers.org/pafiledb....on=file&id=292
All steps
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Originally Posted by SoulSister
Contempt prior to investigation.
Keep an open mind!
"I'm not interested in your opinion of an experience that you have never had."
Mark H.
Keep an open mind!
"I'm not interested in your opinion of an experience that you have never had."
Mark H.
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