5th step blues???

[lifelong936]

I did my 5th step on Saturday. I was nervous and scared before I did it. After I did it I felt good for the rest of the day and most of Sunday but late yesterday evening I had this intense saddness come over me. Has this happened to anybody else after doing this step?

[sugErspun]

Absolutely.

I finished my 5th step about a month ago - I wasn't going to meet with my sponsor again to move through 6 and 7 for another week after that.

That was one of the hardest weeks I ever had. Irritable, snapping, restless, sleepless, tired - all my character defects were sitting on the table glaring at me. I just wanted to sleep and forget about life. (The holiday's and shopping etc did not help much).

Once we moved through 6 and 7, and I began putting together my list at step 8 ( more action)- I felt better, and have since.

My suggestion - get through 6 and 7 and start working on 8.


I hope this is helpful.

~A

[CarolD]

Welcome to SR!

[jimhere]

Originally Posted by lifelong936

I did my 5th step on Saturday. I was nervous and scared before I did it. After I did it I felt good for the rest of the day and most of Sunday but late yesterday evening I had this intense saddness come over me. Has this happened to anybody else after doing this step?

You can't fill up a cup that is already full. Or as one teacher said, you can't put new wine into an old wineskin.

In order to be filled up, you must first be emptied out. The housecleaning process is about facing and being rid of what blocks us from God.

Steps Six and Se ven are about change and change is not based on what I'm going to get, it is based on what I'm willing to get rid of. Get rid of what is not God and God shows up.
Jim