Originally Posted by
mns1 
So I view sobriety (for now at least) as needing to stay several steps ahead of my enemy at all times. I need to remain vigilant, stay prepared, think strategically, and at times improvise on the spot in order to prevent my addiction from ever getting the upper hand again.
Preparation and practice makes things become second nature so that we do them without noticing or consciously thinking...like breathing...or Michael Jordan shooting a free throw with his eyes closed in an NBA game back in 1991 (In the dying moments of the game, MJ stepped up to the free-throw line. He turned to the big rookie, said, “Hey, Mutombo, this one’s for you,” then closed his eyes and entered his shooting motion. Unsurprisingly, he hit nothing but net.)