Episode 1268: Why Willpower Was Never Going to Be Enough

About this episode

The episode discusses the importance of recognizing one's powerlessness and the need for a higher power in the journey of recovery.

The road to recovery always starts with the same admission: I am powerless. That's not a defeat statement. It's the most liberating sentence you may ever say. Here's what makes it so hard though: we settle the biggest question of existence with God and then spend the rest of our days trying to manage everything else on our own. Good intentions aren't enough. Willpower isn't enough. You need a source of power beyond yourself. You were made to need God, and admitting that isn't weakness. It's t...

People in this episode

Host: Gene Appel

Topics covered

• recovery
• powerlessness
• spirituality
• willpower
• need for God

Keywords

• recovery
• willpower
• powerlessness
• spirituality
• God

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