106 - Recovery and the Power of Admission

Mar 10

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The Power of Admission:

When we admit we have a problem that we cannot stop repeating and this problem creates negative consequences, we have begun the first movement of recovery.

Admission is often mistakenly related to losing, or what is associated with being a “loser.”

Addiction is fueled by toxic shame. This toxic shame “ranks” everything being about winners and losers, a scoreboard, comparison, ranking, excluding/including and worth.

Our toxic shame mistakenly identifies our admission as being a failure or worthless.

Most recovering people who recount their stories will agree that admission of a problem is very often experienced as relief.

People who are addicted are often tired of being enslaved by the addiction.

Recovery ultimately moves a person away from “ranking” themselves over and over again to recognizing a new way of seeing success.

Success is having a passion plus pursuit that will contend with obstacles and challenges. There is no ranking or even competition. The only focus is keeping the passion fueled.

Success, then, comes in many packages, from planting flowers every spring and “feeding” bees and butterflies, to becoming a neurosurgeon who discovers a new method for brain surgery.

The power of admitting addiction is the first step towards returning to and then becoming “whole” again.

Admission moves a person into their “Six Freedoms from Birth” journey.

Recovery from the sickness of addiction moves us toward recovery of who we were created to become.

This begins with the First Step of recovery, that is mostly associated with Alcoholics Anonymous:

“We admitted we were powerless over alcohol –

that our lives had become unmanageable.”

Remove the word, alcohol, and replace it with anything that has you trapped. Replace it with something that you need of freedom from.

Ultimately, we can put the word, “life” in place of alcohol to address control addiction.

The power of admission is that denial begins to be broken, and a person has stepped through the door towards success—if they will continue.

Admission is not failure.

Admission is the first step of success. Passion for living soon can be the awakening that is powerful.

There is power in admission.