steve- "it's like i am attached to a rubber band. i start to pull away, but hte further i get, i start to feel the tension and i beginto allow myself to be pulled back.
i guess this is normal."
Yes it most certainly is, Steve. You're fighting your own urges to want to fix and save another human being.
It's our own Codie detox process, if you will.
You're doing great! You've come a long, long way Sir.