I was on a pink cloud in my first days of sobriety. I walked around feeling weightless with a big smile on my face. In spite of the damage I had done, in spite of the fact that I was unemployed and running out of borrowed money, in spite of the fact that I could not see a clear future. In spite of all these things I had a feeling of hope deep inside. I somehow was certain that everything was going to be OK.
I was in this state that I walked into the group session of the treatment center at a week or so sober. "I feel so good, I know I'm never gonna drink again," I stated to the group. The counselor quickly set me straight... "That’s just ego bullsh*t, Jeff. Here we don't say "never" and we don't think "never. Better that you do what you need to do so that you just don't drink today."
It was a good lesson.