I just read this quote: ""Long-range goals keep you from being frustrated by short-term failures."
- James Cash Penney

I thought about that for a few seconds and realized that I function totally the other way.  I get impatient with my long-range goals, so I truly appreciate my short-term wins and victories!  They remind me that if I just keep plugging along, I will reach my bigger goals that take more time and persistence to achieve.

For people like us, who come from an addictive background, a perspective of success and achievement is often thwarped.  It's almost like it is in our DNA and it requires true mental effort not to succumb into the old negative and disempowering beliefs and self-talk.  So, one day at a time we remind ourselves that we are true successes because we have stepped out of dysfunction.  That took a lot of courage and strength.  We are the embodiement of success, let's never forget that and let's celebrate what a true miracle that is.

So, daily I celebrate and embrace my short-term successes.  T. Harv Eker , one of my training colleagues and mentors taught me to develop the habit of celebrating daily successes.  Every night, he says, write down at least 5 successes you have had during the day.  Living Beyond Recovery is about letting go of the sorry story of addiction we told for years, and celebrating life every day with joy and gratitude.