We live a day at a time but also from moment to moment. When we stop living in the here and now, our problems become magnified unreasonably.
Basic Text, p. 99
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Life often seems too complicated to understand, especially for those of us whove dodged it for so long. When we stopped using drugs, many of us came face to face with a world that was confusing, even terrifying. Looking at life and all its details, all at once, may be overwhelming. We think that maybe we cant handle life after all and that its useless to try. These thoughts feed themselves, and pretty soon were paralyzed by the imagined complexity of life.
Happily, we dont have to fix everything at once. Solving a single problem seems possible, so we take them one at a time. We take care of each moment as it comes, and then take care of the next moment as it comes. We learn to stay clean just for today, and we approach our problems the same way. When we live life in each moment, its not such a terrifying prospect. One breath at a time, we can stay clean and learn to live.
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Just for today: I will keep it simple by living in this moment only. Today, I will tackle only todays problems; I will leave tomorrows problems to tomorrow.
Keeping it simple,a day at a time,moment to moment.When we stop living in the here and now that's when living problems get magnified.When we stopped using we came face to face with a world that was confusing and terrifying. We can't fix everything all at once.Solving one at a time is the way to go.We stay clean Just For Today one day at a time. I will keep it simple by living in the moment.
