Originally Posted by
pentuate 
My question is what is so bad about making one day at a time type statements to express one's commitment to not drinking/sobriety?
If you want to remain abstinent for the rest of your life, quitting for one day at a time is the worst way of going about it.
If you wanted to be a Doctor, would you take a 24 hour Hippocratic Oath every day—or make one that lasts you a lifetime? I guess it depends how much you want to be a Doctor.
Most people are happy with the ODAAT arrangement without realising the arrangement is made entirely to your Beast's advantage. You say quit forever and your Beast tells you quitting is fine but to compromise and do just one day and see how it goes. It's got you over a barrel.
Fortunately, it's easy to turn the tables by making a Big Plan. By wanting ODAAT your Beast has exposed its own weakness. It wants to drink
every day therefore you counter it easily by saying that you will
never drink.