Sometimes, we need to do things that are frightening or painful. Sometimes, we need to step out, step back, or step forward. We need to call on the help of a Power greater than ourselves to do that.
When I began recovery I was frozen in fear. I heard the words, I even believed them and I think I even knew what I had to do. But I was frozen in fear and just couldn't do it. And that scared me.
Through prayer, I asked God to remove my fear and had what was my first "spiritual awakening" when I could feel my fear being lifted like a huge weight immediately after saying that prayer. I can't explain the feeling, the "knowing" but I have never doubted since.
I have had moments of fear since, but each time I feel the fear creeping in I say another prayer and again ask God for help. That gets me through my days and breaks the bondage of fear.
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