Thread: shared advice would be nice........
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Old 10-04-2008, 11:28 AM
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ANGELINA243
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If you are currently working on Step 4 (like you mentioned)...then it is understandable why you are feeling this way--all these overwhelming emotions. Sometimes we have to dig deep into our past--I know I did>I had tried to forget about past wrongs for so long....so when those memories started to come to the surface it felt like I was dealing with those situations all over again....maybe cause I really was in a way--because I had never dealt with those situations before---I hid behind my drinking and simply wished them away...prior to STep 4 work. Step 4 can be painful in the beginning...but in the end (if you are honest/thorough)...it can be a freeing rewarding experience......working step 4 & 5 with a sponsor. You let all that stuff go--bring it out into the open...and it somehow loses its power over you. Just walk through the fear--your past cannot hurt you today without your permission.
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