Trials

 Trials are really a training ground for you to become detached, to let go of self, and ego.  When we focus on the trial is it not all about the self?  “I really want that drink or drug,” and where is the focus?  On yourself.  Let go of self.  How?  Surrender.  Turn the ego self over to your higher power or God.  Rather than the ego fighting for control, a lost cause, you turn yourself over to the God Power.  Admit that the ego cannot control your life.  The ego you that wants the drink, takes the drink.  But the recovering you, is not so ego focused.  The turning over of the will and life to God gets you out of yourself and you don’t drink.  Trials are to get us back on track when we have drifted off.  Like any successful athlete who trains every day, you need to do this admittance of powerlessness and need to turn your life over, every day.  You then have a “fit” spiritual condition.