I recently heard this question, and initially, it struck me as a little funny — simply by asking the question, aren’t we going against the advice?
However, I’ll be honest and admit that I often used to wonder the same thing. When I first quit drinking, I tried hard to focus on getting through the current moments, but despite my best efforts, my thoughts often drifted to the future.
Trying so hard to stay in the moment — to get through the current day — can become surprisingly exhausting. I would wonder how long I’d have to keep it going. A year? A decade? The rest of my life?
Now I’m six years sober, and those exhausting days are a distant memory. As for the question — do I still take sobriety one day at a time? I think I’m probably going to ruffle a few feathers with this answer, but the short answer is: not really.