One day at a time

(Howard Aronson)

This lyric is about the motto for staying clean and sober, and I got this from the 12-step program of alcoholics anonymous. It's basically the motto for any type of 12-step program, and it's one day at a time. Sometimes just one moment or 1 hour or 1 minute at a time. You can't really let up your guard, because the disease is so insidious and sneaky. It'll take anything that you're willing to give it. And I don't mean just drugs and alcohol, because when you get sober you can get addicted to other things that aren't healthy. Today I have a passion for hiking, eating very healthy, it's being spiritual, and it's cerebral as I can be. I know that any day this disease could take over and so many different ways. As they say, the devil has many disguises. So I can just take it one day at a time.

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I gave much of my life to drugs and alcohol And it never gave anything back to me I may be clean and sober But I'll never be free Everyday the devil looms Waiting for me to make a mistake Whatever you put on the table My disease will gladly take One day at a time Is where I draw the line One day at a time Is the only thing on my mind I can't take things for granted And think I got this beat All I can do is show up And claim my seat I get my strength from God That's my higher power He helps me stay sober Hour after hour One day at a time Is where I draw the line One day at a time Is the only thing on my mind Now I never forget And I have no regrets If I live in the past My sobriety won't last One day at a time One day at a time One day at a time One day at a time One day at a time Is where I draw the line One day at a time Is the only thing on my mind

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