Was my 24 hr chip. I got it and then became fixated on the Year chips. That was one of my errors. I forgot or ignored, most likely ignored One Day At A Time.
Thanks for sharing and congrats on the 24 hr chip. I enjoy your contributions here at MIP!
In our lives and our sobriety dates there in always a begining date -(a dash) and the ending date. The dash time is the only thing that ever matters, right here, right now what are we doing today.
Thanks for the reminder,
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Rob
"There ain't no Coupe DeVille hiding in the bottom of a Cracker Jack Box."
I was pretty focused on getting to 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, a year... As long as your mind doesn't start going "Oh I will never get that much sobriety time" and give up, it's not necessarily bad to project in that way. Yes, it is a day at a time, but hope and looking forward in a good way is not necessarily a big problem. Only when it turns into thinking that will influence you to relapse rather than stay the course for any given day.
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Keep coming back. It works if you work it. So work it. You're worth it!
I have a lovely pink cover for my Big Book and 12 & 12. It has a slot for a chip on the front cover. I keep a 24 hour chip there to remind me that even though I have a little sober time under my belt now, that it's today that matters. That chip keeps me grounded in the moment. The other ones I have are treasured too but I am as close to taking a drink as the person who quit an hour ago if I don't stay spiritually fit and keep taking the steps. :)
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I think there's an invisible principle of living...if we believe we're guided through every step of our lives, we are. Its a lovely sight, watching it work.
I have a lovely pink cover for my Big Book and 12 & 12. It has a slot for a chip on the front cover. I keep a 24 hour chip there to remind me that even though I have a little sober time under my belt now, that it's today that matters. That chip keeps me grounded in the moment. The other ones I have are treasured too but I am as close to taking a drink as the person who quit an hour ago if I don't stay spiritually fit and keep taking the steps. :)
That is where I goofed, I did not keep my feet planted in today
Time is just and accumulation of 'Each Day" so Just For Today' don't pick up and continue doing whatever keeps you from that "first one" our ticket back on the downbound train.Congrats on 24 hrs......
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Selfishness-self-centeredness! That, we think, is the root of our troubles.
