People living in one day at a time recovery know from experience that it is so much easier to remain abstinent than it it is to become abstinent. This does not mean in any way that we cannot become abstinent. What it means is after we have been in recovery for a while we become adept in coping with life and its adversities and that time and experience teach us activating addiction will solve nothing for us. It usually takes a few years of recovery for us to fully understand this. By then we know the reality of one day at a time living and one day at a time reality. One more day and one day at a time abstinence is all most of us ask for. We have found recovery’s hope and we become more than grateful. We understand the meaning of humility. We find grace. Peace
