how does one practice ODAAT and have a BP simultaneously?soberlicious,
i'm one who neither made a BP nor did the ODAAT thing. i had a turn-around waking up-thing, got it on a to-me-new level that i was a drunk, and haven't drank since.
i did see it in terms of a forever thing. on one of my first days, i went to an on-line chat-room, and mentioned the "forever" since i was trying to wrap my head around that, and was told i didn't need to think about that right now. but i did. i needed to be really clear on that, for myself. (this was NO?T an AA chat-room, btw.)
ODAAT seemed like it would just immediately get me into "yeah okay, i can drink tomorrow" mode. seemed ridiculous.
in the meantime, i see that what i actually DO is of course one day at a time, as today is the only day i can do anything in.
so, in effect, i "practice" one day at a time ....practice is the word you used, and it fits well. the implementation of anything, any kind of plan, can only be this day at a time. i cannot practice tomorrow's plan today.
so, no conflict.