We should of course live in the here and now but sometimes it is useful to look back and, I agree Advbike, to say ' There but for the grace of god..' is...... well... 'sobering'!
It scares me that I came so close , so many times to a being in a very different present to the one I am in, risking so much so often, gambling with my life and future for what? A drink, a high.
But here I am sober, just over 200 days, and feeling better in lots of ways, and if the AV barks, whines or growls at me to have a drink, I can look back and remember how much I gambled - there is no way I would ever risk it, that is my life, again.