All of the sayings we have in recovery are critical for our thinking in recovery. Each saying is a tool for us to remember and practice.
One-Day-At-A-Time is one of them. Incremental progress is critical. One day. Just today. Then when I wake up tomorrow, I will show up for that day sober. Each day adding to the next until my incremental day-by-day progress becomes monumental.
We all of a sudden look back and see that we have accumulated some time in sobriety. Not drinking or using for this day too.
In one of the stories in the Big Book of AA, a man talks about before he quit drinking and admitted he had a problem. He was in denial that he even had a problem. Someone said to him that he may have a drinking problem. To which he replied, “I don’t have a drinking problem. I have a stopping problem.”
A stopping problem.
So true. I can relate.
You may ask, “How do I stop in the first place once I have started drinking for that day?”
I just heard this from a woman I sponsor, “Courage Over Comfort” What does that mean? The courage to stop drinking for today over the comfort of the routine of drinking that I know.
Recipe for success: Stop now. Pray for God’s help and direction. Go to a meeting and connect with others like yourself. Call another alcoholic. Go to bed sober. Wake up, then repeat the next day.
Stop today.
One-Day-At-A-Time
Incremental Becomes Monumental.
“Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.”
Psalm 90:17
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