A Treatment Professional Shares Her Story (EDA Big Book 327-28)

Before being introduced to EDA, I struggled with admitting powerlessness and surrendering because I thought it meant weakness. It took another member of the Twelve Step fellowship to reframe this skewed perception. She explained that instead of seeing surrender as weakness, I should think of it as joining the “winning team.” That completely changed me: It gave me permission to finally let go of my disorder. Even now, ten years into my recovery, surrender has to happen every single day for me. I continually recognize that in myself and I remind my clients who struggle, too. Working the Steps of EDA brought me from a place of captivity to a place of freedom and peace, and for that I am truly grateful.