Surrender to Win
This is something that one hears in the 12 Step Recovery world a lot. Surrender to win. And when I was first starting my journey of Recovery I could not grasp this concept in the slightest. I could somewhat understand it intellectually. I just was baffled by it on any level deeper than that. Fortunately I had people who insisted that I use a Dictionary and look things up. And yes, I started this journey before the Internet was really a thing. I had to buy and actual Dictionary. Today we are going to use Dictionary.com to look these words up. Surrender: verb (used with object) to yield (something) to the possession or power of another; deliver up possession of on demand or under duress. to surrender the fort to the enemy; to surrender the stolen goods to the police. to give (oneself ) up, as to the police. to give (oneself ) up to some influence, course, emotion, etc. He surrendered himself to a life of hardship to give up, abandon, or relinquish (comfort, hope, etc.). Synonyms :...