Originally Posted by freshstart57

We can talk about surrender, we can talk about taking responsibility, we can talk about acceptance, but the main thing we each of us must overcome in order to quit our addiction is the most primal of all sensations, fear. We are afraid. If we can't overcome this fear, we cannot ever become sober.

How can we learn to overcome this fear? My belief is that we can overcome this fear by learning how to believe in ourselves. This is where the courage to overcome the fear comes from, from the faith that we will overcome our addiction. We do this because we can.