Step One Question Three
3. Make a list of 10 people you’ve tried to control. Put a brief example or two next to each one.
*EXAMPLE*
1. My mother - I tried to make her get healthy and be a good mom.
2. My father - I tried to get him to get healthy and stop doing drugs.
3. My step-dad - I try to get him to be less codependent.
4. M - Sometimes I think that I can stop him from ever drinking again.
5. J - I try to get her to break up with her awful boyfriend.
6. K - I tried to get him to pull his life together, get a job and an apartment.
7. M - I tried to get her to respect herself and her artistic creativity by expressing herself and taking care of herself.
8. Dr. D (Therapist) - I want him to feel a certain way about the relationship I am having.
9. A - I wanted her to think we were closer friends so that I would have been more a part of her wedding this summer.
10. J - I want to make sure she is good at her job (I got my friend hired at my company) so that it reflects well on me.
By Maya