HAVE A SEAT:
EXPLORING THE THREE-LEGGED STOOL
WHO ARE WE?
We are couples committed to restoring healthy communication, caring, and greater intimacy to our Coupleships. We suffer from many problems, some identified, and some not, some treated and some not. We also come form different levels of brokenness. Many of us have been separated or near divorce. Some of us are new in our Coupleships and seek to build intimacy together. We have all sought healing in Recovering Couples Anonymous (RCA).
blueprints
•Commitment, Communication and Caring
•Starting point
•Give me some direction
•Are stools all the same
•What I and we want
•What I and we need
IMAGINE YOUR STOOL
•Contemporary
•Traditional
•Functional
•Comfortable
•Utilitarian
•Simple
•Complicated
Overbuilt
Upcycled or Recycled
MATERIALS
•You
•Your partner
•Your Coupleship
•Individual programs
•Sponsorship
•12 Steps
•Consistency
•Experience, strength, and hope
•Time
EXPECTATIONS
•Quality
•Texture
•Level
•Sturdy
•Transformation
STABILITY
•Focus on the basics at first
•Rest for a moment
•Focus on the parts you have assembled
•Adjusting your stool
WHAT SUPPORT LOOKS LIKE
•Be around others that have a three-legged stool
•Meet regularly
•Discuss your truths
•Ask for guidance
•Your stool is a basic ideal based upon the health of your relationship
TRAVELING WITH YOUR STOOL
•Do you take your stool when you visit new place or places that are challenging?
•Do other people steal your seat?
WHEN DO WE REPAIR?
•Fresh paint?
•Squeaks and rattles?
•Broken and bent pieces?
•Misuse?
•Lost or misplaced?