Originally Posted by
chrisepic 
So now the task is learning how to be in the moment sober and change the way we used to think as an addict or alcoholic; learning not to re-injure myself from the past or fear the future because ultimately those were the slices of bread in my addict way of living.
Well, not so much learn to be struggling with being in the moment, but more to accept there is no longer an intoxicated escape from the responsibility of living in the moment.
Changing how we think happens as a result of changing our actions. I cannot think my way into acting, I must in fact act to experience action. I can't think my way into a new way of thinking. While in action, my thinking and awareness work together to change my mind in real time.