Dang, Cat, I got chills reading your post. You verbalized what’s been going through my head lately.
I too am appreciating the phrase ‘one day at a time’. It helps me to not focus on the overwhelming negatives of my addiction Using the philoshy of TODAY I didn’t gamble – better yet, didn’t even have the urge to do so (when available) – affords me the narrow, achievable focus that, inch by inch, gets me to where I want to be each night when I lay my head on my pillow.
What a win! Who would ever think that such a simple concept could be so rewarding when offered up in such a tidy, small package as ‘today I didn’t gamble’? Certainly not a compuslive gambler. But there it is.