Surrender to Win – 320
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🗓️ 25 February 2020
⏱️ 85 minutes
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What does it mean to “Surrender to Win”? Have you had this experience? Barb and Spencer dig into these questions. How does this topic of “surrender to win” speak to you? A definition of surrender is “to give up completely or agree to forgo especially in favor of another” What have you given up completely? ...
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| 0:00.0 | What does it mean to surrender to win? How does this even make sense? |
| 0:07.0 | Welcome to episode 320 of the Recovery Show., and Amelia. |
| 0:15.9 | They used the donation button on our website. |
| 0:18.5 | Thank you, St. Carrie, Mary, and Amelia for your generous contributions. |
| 0:23.1 | This episode is for you. |
| 0:25.6 | We are friends and family members of alcoholics and addicts who have found a path to serenity |
| 0:29.4 | and happiness. |
| 0:30.8 | We who live or have lived with a seemingly hopeless problem of addiction, understand as perhaps a few others can. |
| 0:36.0 | So much depends on our own attitudes and we believe that changed attitudes can aid recovery. |
| 0:41.0 | Before we begin, we would like to state that in this show, we represent ourselves rather |
| 0:45.9 | than any 12-step program. |
| 0:48.2 | During this show, we will share our own experiences. |
| 0:50.8 | The opinions expressed here are strictly those of the person who gave them. |
| 0:55.1 | Take what you like and leave the rest. |
| 0:57.0 | We hope that you will find something in our sharing that speaks to your life. |
| 1:00.9 | My name is Spencer and I will be your host today. Joining me today is Barb. Welcome |
| 1:05.1 | Barb. Thank you. Happy to be here. As usual we like to start with a reading from |
| 1:11.6 | our literature and you've chosen a reading to open with from the literature of the |
| 1:18.0 | adult children of alcoholics program which I guess you are a member of. |
| 1:22.0 | I am, yeah, and this is from the Big Red Book, page 120. The section is entitled, |
| 1:29.3 | There is Nothing Noble in the Struggle. I have been in situations where the outcome would have been |
| 1:35.2 | better if I just said I can't do that. Instead I took on the impossible, failed and |
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