Surrendering Control

[caressa]

"By surrendering control, we gain a far greater power."

Basic Text, p.43

Have always called control the "C" word. It is a danger word that tells me my thinking is off. The power does not come from me. I am not in control. My life is empowered by my HP when I surrender and ask for help. Control is an illusion.

When I was using, I thought I was in control. Yet I continually found myself needing more to bring myself up to a level where I felt comfortable.
I didn't know I was stoned. I didn't know I was shut down and detached from my feelings and others.

[caressa]

Surrendering is a highly personal and spiritual experience.

Surrender is not something we can do in our heads. It is not something we can force or control by willpower. It is something we experience.

Language of Letting Go

Like the concept of this. Never really thought of it in this manner. I can't just say I am doing. It is a giving up and saying I can't do this and for me, it has to be mentally, emotionally, spiritually and physically.

www.hazelden.org/web/public/thought.view?thoughtId=4188&keywords=control