surrender

independence from dependence: Slowly But Surely! Nine Months!

A friend’s moment of surrender.

It is hard to believe it has been nine months since my last relapse, but here I am - sober and full of gratitude for how things are shaping in my life.  As I reflect on the journey I have been on over the past two years as I came in to recovery, I can’t help but be thankful for everything that I have been through as it has helped me see the real me again. READ MORE

Word of the Day - Acceptance

ac·cept·ance

[ak-sep-tuh ns]

–noun
1.the act of taking or receiving something offered.

2.favorable reception; approval; favor.

3.the act of assenting or believing: acceptance of a theory.

4.the fact or state of being accepted or acceptable.

5. acceptation ( def. 1 ) .

6.Commerce .
    a.an engagement to pay an order, draft, or bill of exchange when it becomes due, as by the person on whom it is drawn.

    b.an order, draft, etc., that a person or bank has accepted as calling for payment and has thus promised to pay.