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How to Really Surrender Control
Manage episode 403981209 series 1227745
The word surrender is used a lot in the world of addiction. One of the things that always bothered me was that I was constantly being told that I needed to “let go and surrender,” but I never really understood how.
The word surrender to me means letting go of my emotional investment in a certain outcome. Surrender doesn't mean we stop loving or caring.
Another way of looking at how to “let go” is to think about the opposite of surrendering.
What’s the opposite of surrendering? Controlling.
330 episodes
Manage episode 403981209 series 1227745
The word surrender is used a lot in the world of addiction. One of the things that always bothered me was that I was constantly being told that I needed to “let go and surrender,” but I never really understood how.
The word surrender to me means letting go of my emotional investment in a certain outcome. Surrender doesn't mean we stop loving or caring.
Another way of looking at how to “let go” is to think about the opposite of surrendering.
What’s the opposite of surrendering? Controlling.
330 episodes
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