Overheard in Recovery: Turn It Over

Here's an oldie but goodie from the recovery tables:

Surrender is not giving up

Of course the first response is, "Right," filled with all the sarcasm and snide-ness possible. But stop and think about it for a moment. You get to that moment in your life when at the center of who you are you know there's no hope if you keep going in the same direction. You may not be willing to admit it out loud, but you know the truth in your gut.

So that leaves you with a couple choices:

• Keep fighting to the bitter end even though the end is anything but pleasant
• Stop fighting.

Sounds like an easier choice than we make it. It is called surrender. Unconditional surrender because we know the end is worse than we can probably imagine.

Surrender then really isn't giving up. It is realizing that there is a better way than the way I have been going. It simply means:

Stop fighting.

Nothing more and nothing less. It will also probably save your life.