Early in sobriety everybody said "take it a day at a time" or "one day at a time." Sometimes, it was 5 minutes at a time. I sure thought I had a grasp on that concept back then! Of course, being new, the focus was strictly on going another day without a drink or chemical substitute. Today the focus tends to be more on confronting those many "faces of fear" I learned of. I thought those faces existed only to haunt me; through my tenure in this fellowship, I have discovered they actually motivate me to move into a closer relationship with my Higher Power. I relish the spiritual enlightenment that comes with that. As the years advance, I have come to terms with another meaning of living a day at a time, one not so easily defined by words as it is through experience. During my journey through sobriety, I have experienced many wonderful things, brought about by continually staying sober and gaining years on the planet. ...
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