In NA, we live Just For Today, how do you live Just For Today and why is it..

[KyleC]

In NA, we live Just For Today, how do you live Just For Today and why is it important to remember to live in the now and not the past or future?

[Sean_A]

Kyle i believe that all we have is today because we can not change the past nor can we control what happens in the future. Also i believe that when we are in TODAY we are not regretting the past or fearing the future and it keeps us on an even keel. It takes a lot of practice to live in the moment but the stronger our faith in a loving God grows the easier it gets. Hope this helps a bit

[danielec11]

Feel you… I feel like though I know I have to solely focus on the ‘now,’ I can’t help but overthink what tomorrow or my future will bring, because of what my drug use has done to screw up the positive path I used to be on (college, for example… which I ended up withdrawing from and am now in lovely debt with 0 credits). As for the past, it seems to be a constant hinderance on my everyday life, they say to only think about the day we are in today, but how am I to just forget all of the bad things I’ve done to myself and my loved ones just like that, like it never happened at all?

[AmyC]

I don’t think that by living Just for Today we forget what happened in the past or try not to plan for the future. For me I believe that Living for today means doing everything in my power today to be a productive member of society and to keep my recovery first.

I try to not worry about the future too much and rely on a higher power that everything will work out as it is supposed to. I understand the whole college debt, and past wreckage coming back to haunt u… For me i stay in today by dealing with those things as best i can, Like calling a collection company and setting up payment arrangements, or doing what I can today for planning for college….

All we can do is what we can do in one day, there is always some fear for the future but when i try to remember that I’ve done all i could today for my recovery and leave the rest to a Higher power than the burdan seems a bit lighter tomorrow.  When i get too bogged down by what may or may not happen in the future or get really depressed by whats happened in the past… than I end up stuck in the present by fear, unable to do anything… most of all anything positive, Eventually leading me back to a path of destruction which i don’t want to go back to. So i try to live Just for today and do what I have to for my recovery and take the rest piece by piece to heal my past.