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Surrender\u2026is what happens after we have accepted the First Step as something that applies to us and we have accepted that recovery is the solution.<\/strong><\/p>\n Step by Step Guide, Step One, \u201cDelivery\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Our first acquaintance with the Steps often causes a powerful revolution. "All my life I felt weak. Now you're telling me I'm powerless and should give up? Every day;" many of us wonder.<\/p>\n While NA is truly a program of action, we also seek to understand the ideas, perceptions, and spiritual principles that underpin this new way of life. Before we cleaned up, surrender for most of us meant the unthinkable: showing weakness. In many of the neighborhoods we grew up in, tradition would threaten our very survival. For others, the thought of losing or making a mistake\u2014and, worst of all, admitting it!\u2014threatened the very core of our being. We preferred to go down fighting rather than accept defeat, especially if others found out.<\/p>\n Once we better understand the First Step and the meaning of surrender, we realize that we have already admitted defeat when we walk through the door of an NA meeting. "Nobody gets here by accident," says our sponsor.<\/p>\n Okay, now we understand that we have delivered our denial. We understand that our addiction has worn us down and we are powerless against it. No matter how hard we tried, we couldn't get the usage to work. And, yes, we've even given in to the idea that surrender is a "process" that we must support by working the Steps, going to meetings, doing services, and all that.<\/p>\n "But what am I surrendering to?" we ask, thinking we're pretty smart. "You already do," says our sponsor. "You surrender to recovery as a solution. If you want to fight for something, fight for it". That's right, sponsor.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I will take some time to find where in my life I am still resisting recovery as a solution to my problems. I still fight, but today my fight is for recovery.<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-11576","spad","type-spad","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.na-greece.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/spad\/11576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.na-greece.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/spad"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.na-greece.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/spad"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.na-greece.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}