Hello, I am new here. My most immediate concern is to find a "structure", such as the 12-step method used in AA (I do not know the 12 steps, I have just heard of them) that might be used by someone having severe anxiety. My problem, when I read the latest postings as to things that might help, is that I feel I just arrived to the train station as the train was leaving: I do not know how to do any of those things *well* (meditation, breathing, etcetera), if not well done, they probably will not help. And the sheer accumulation of all that I "should" know in order to tackle my anxiety is enough to paralyze me. Hence, I repeat, any simple thing such as the 12-step "mantra" for alcoholics? Many thanks, and will continue to read you, zonja