The Importance of Surrender in Addiction Recovery

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Surrender sounds counterintuitive in the fight against addiction. When it comes to substance abuse, however, the key to recovery lies in giving up the fight. At the same time, alcohol and other drugs trigger a powerful release of the pleasure-inducing chemical dopamine in the brain’s reward system. Friendship, affection and supportive companionship all trigger a similar release of dopamine in the brain.

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We are not fighting it, neither are we avoiding temptation. We feel as though we had been placed in a position of neutrality—safe and protected. That is how we react so long as we keep in fit spiritual condition.

This means that a person who is practicing surrender in the sense of sobriety could potentially apply it to other areas of life. The words surrender and submission are often used interchangeably, with overall minimal distinction made between them. However, it is important to highlight the difference between these two terms in this context and emphasize that one is helpful to sobriety while the other generally is not.

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It’s often when an individual has no more cards left to play, and they are forced to face the situation of their addiction that they humble themselves in a way to accept  the practice of surrender. If you made a qualified coronavirus-related distribution before December 31, 2020, you could elect to include all that distribution in your income for 2020 and then repay sober house any portion of it during the allowable 3-year period. The amount repaid reduces the amount included in income for the year of the distribution. The applicable period for the disaster is the period beginning on the first day of the incident period of such qualified disaster and ending on the date that is 180 days after the applicable date for that disaster.

Staying in the moment, the practice of mindfulness or meditation are ways to also increase positivity. It is important to note a few scientific reasons why an individual’s willpower has very little to do with their success in recovery. It is important to note here that willpower is simply a way to describe prioritizing long-term goals or pleasure over the same concepts in the short term.

It asserts that a lifetime of recovery can only be achieved by making the decision to turn over your will to a higher being. Step three is defined as “(to make) a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.” Many people are good at complying with rules, regulations and protocols.