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Surrender, Accept, & Detach (SAD) to Overcome Addictions

Garbage Rules will prod you to face the self-defeating thinking that’s keeping you addicted.
Ego will help you to understand and overcome the underlying problem of your addiction.

SAD is a simple system for overcoming any addiction or compulsion that you can begin to apply right now. Experiment and see for yourself.

The AA program can be summed up as surrender and acceptance.
The Al-Anon program can be summed up in one word: detachment.
When you combine all three words, you get the acronym SAD, pronounced like the word “sad.”
Yes, both programs use all three and more.

Sadness is a healthy emotion, unlike depression.
Sadness can be a sign of healthy guilt or shame.
Sadness can be a sign of healthy regret.
Sadness can motivate you to do what is right instead of what is wrong.
Yes, there are negative forms of sadness, guilt, and shame.
Please use only healthy forms of sadness, guilt, and shame.
Healthy forms are about your actions, not your being or self-hood.
Healthy forms get you to improve your responses, not to withdraw from responding.

Both the person with an addiction and the codependent are attached to the problem of the person with an addiction.
Without attachment to the problem, both can live without the problem.

Surrender is to stop trying.
Surrender is to stop trying to control, change, or undo something.
Acceptance is to find peace with life and reality as they are.
Acceptance is to stop whining, blaming, and damning things for not being the way they should be.
Detachment is to keep your identity from your ego and self-esteem games.
Detachment is to keep your identity from thoughts and things and your identity for your self.

Read and discover the world’s best breathing exercise for centering and peace of mind.

Read and discover the world’s best breathing exercise for centering and peace of mind.