Today's Yoga and the 12 Steps class was 3 and 1/2 hours long. It covered Step 10. I am a student mentor in the class, and it was wonderful to see how engaged everyone was for such a long time.
We take breaks, do some breakout room discussions of the materials, and do some general sharing. Some deep wisdom was shared. I get so much out of classes like this.
At one point, the instructor said that one of her early coping mechanisms was to isolate into self-dependency. Boy, could I relate!
Isolation was my go-to. I thought I never needed anyone's help. That was delusional thinking. If I'd kept thinking that way, I never would have joined a class like this!