I could write for a whole day on step four. Hit a crisis and all the defects come springing to the top.
The only difference is that I have some control over them, when I didn't years ago. I can analize before acting now.
The past is a strong force that we use to deal with the present. Dealing with things in new ways is very risky business, but it creates a new past.
I think that is what you call stinking thinking.
MG