Celeste on Sobriety

September is National Recovery Month and I wanted to take pause and reflect on some of the sayings that are often thrown around in recovery circles. Love them or loath them, some have stuck with me throughout my recovery and here is why... "One day at a time"  I am an alcoholic and addict in recovery, and I wake up every morning (after my first coffee) safe in the knowledge that if I choose, I have a daily reprieve from picking up a drink or a drug. I don’t have to stay sober for the next week, month or year… just for today. No more, no less. This simple but powerful slogan removes the somewhat overwhelming prospect of maintaining my sobriety for the rest of my life. But one day? I can do that! This phrase also reminds me that I must focus on the present. I cannot control what has happened, or what may happen, but I can face today head on and on its own terms.  Someone told me in my first week of recovery that if you hold on to the past with one hand, and keep trying to rea...