Different methods for different personalities.
Some people find their recovery in the "just for today" model. Others find it in the "I'm never going to drink again" model.
Some people find strength in counting days sober. Others find that keeps them tied to their drinking days.
There is no one right way to work recovery, there is the right way (the way that works) for each of us.
And what works may change and evolve over time. I have had people say to me, well, what worked before, do that...but truth is what kept me sober before isn't necessarily what's going to keep me sober now, because I've grown and changed.
It's a process. Sort of like a maze of mirrors, we feel our way, and when we bump headlong into ourselves we realize it's time to try a new direction.