Dallas Bragg argues that relying on an external higher power in addiction recovery can actually disempower you. Real change comes from your own decisions, especially in moments of craving or loneliness. Community and belief matter, but you're the author of your own recovery story.
Our idea of higher power is actually disempowering our recovery. What we're told is higher power can be anything outside of yourself. This tree, the stick, a rock, the clouds, anything but you. The era of believing that we need anything outside of ourselves to save us is gone. When it's 3 AM and you're bored, horny, lonely, tired, you have your phone in your hand, you're on Sniffies or Grindr, you're making plans to meet up, there is not a There's no secret hand that reaches down from the heavens and takes your phone away and turns it off. You make that decision. Is there power in community? Yes. Is there power in believing of a greater source of energy outside of ourselves? Yes. Is there power in believing that we are connected to all things? Yes. Is there power in submitting to a divine orchestrated plan for our lives? Yes. But you are the author, director, producer, and star of your own movie. Step into your power.
