Live One Day at a time

Persons in early recovery from addiction, or the effects of an addiction, are often in a lot of pain and under much pressure from their minds, and maybe even from persons close to them, to use old, well-known ways to handle the pain, namely, to relapse into addictive behaviors. A recovery tool that can be a lifesaver is the concept of living one day at a time. This concept sounds trite and cheesy, but applied to the reality of recovery from addiction, can be the difference between abstinence and relapse. Brand into your head as a recovering person that today is the only day that you have to stay abstinent; you can handle the pain and cravings just this one day; don't think about abstinence the rest of your life---just for today.