How did douglas finally get rid of the fear he had of water?
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Douglas was determined to overcome his fear
of water as his fear was depriving him of all the joys of boating, fishing and canoeing. He took swimming classes for months. The instructor made him practice a lot. He was various swimming skills. He practiced for hours, every day.
A little bit of his fear decreased after taking those swimming classes. Douglas wasn’t finished with the swimming classes. He went to different lakes to try his swimming skills. He swam from one shore to another without any help.
Answer:
Douglas engaged an instructor to get over his fear of water. The instructor built a swimmer out of him. But to confirm that the terror would not strike him when he was swimming alone, Douglas decided to go to Lake Wentworth and swam across to the other shore and back.