Slogan 3: Thoughts From Your Trustees

Slogan 3: One Day At A Time

This article appeared in the March 2016 EA Connection

Now, this is a helpful reminder. We all know "what is past is past," even

though too often my emotions are based on my past experiences. As for "the future," the goal in my life and my dedication is to improve the current situation,so I need to keep my eye on the future. But the truth is that if I don't focus on today, I won't recognize, and appreciate, both my blessings and my defects of character...Tyrrel

I’ve learned in our EA Program that it’s possible only to have emotional sobriety for one day—24 hours. Anything else is putting expectations on myself that I really can’t handle. Keeping this simple slogan before me during this 24 hour period will pretty much serve to assure me that I can remain emotionally sober for still another 24 hours, leading eventually to years of sobriety. Thank you for this “One Day”...Gus

When first introduced to "One day at a time", my heart sank. Wasn't that the irresponsible attitude that got me to where I was before recovery? One night, in the depths of self-pity, the understanding, often heard in meetings came, "We can stand anything for one day that we could not face forever." The long, scary night was almost over. A fresh new day was coming!...Phyllis

Slogan 3 reminds me not to "tackle all my problems at once." My primary responsibility is to take care of myself and my emotional sobriety, and to perform daily tasks. When I lose track of today, I become unable to do anything at all. For some reason my mind likes to leap ahead, sort of like deciding to breathe later, after I am done with more "important" things...Val

I can only work on today. Yesterday is past and I can only apologize for what I did or forgive others for what they have done. Tomorrow is not here yet. I can only plan for tomorrow but not the results. Today is the only time I can have any control. At my age, there may not be a tomorrow so I work on having serenity and leave the other days alone...Harold.

With my EA program, I learned to live my life one day at a time. The EA Today’s book is a good tool to focus on the day. It has always given me the strengths and the will power to live my life at the present time and not focus too much on yesterday. In the past, I did not have failures, I only had experiences and 10 years in my EA program that made me grow to become the wonderful woman I am today. Tomorrow is not yet born so it is better for me to think about the present given by my Higher Power who is my dear loving God...France