“One chip at a time”

Verse 1

Empty bottles on the floor, another night I can’t recall

Shadows on the ceiling, demons whisper down the hall

I swore a hundred times before that I was done, but I still fell

Rock bottom came in silence, felt like I was locked in hell

Chorus

One day at a time, that’s the only way I know

A coin in my hand, a seed of hope to grow

The past is heavy, but I’ve laid it down to rest

Today I’m sober, and today I’m doing my best

Verse 2

Then a chair in a church basement, strangers looking just like me

One voice said, “Just one day,” and somehow that set me free

They placed a coin into my hand, twenty-four hours strong

A small piece of metal, but it showed I could belong

Chorus

One day at a time, that’s the only way I know

A coin in my hand, a seed of hope to grow

The past is heavy, but I’ve laid it down to rest

Today I’m sober, and today I’m doing my best

Verse 3

Thirty days, sixty more, ninety nights of fighting through

Shaking hands, restless dreams, but every dawn felt something new

Six months marked with another chip, nine months carried me along

Each one heavier in meaning, proof that I could carry on

Chorus

One day at a time, that’s the only way I know

A coin in my hand, a seed of hope to grow

The past is heavy, but I’ve laid it down to rest

Today I’m sober, and today I’m doing my best

Verse 4

One year came, candles lit, a room that knew my name

Holding steady through the storms, I’ll never be the same

Each coin a stepping-stone across a river wide and deep

A journey built one day at a time, a promise I could keep

Chorus

One day at a time, that’s the only way I know

A coin in my hand, a seed of hope to grow

The past is heavy, but I’ve laid it down to rest

Today I’m sober, and today I’m doing my best

Outro

So here’s to the chips, the hands that pass them down the line

To the broken who find healing, one sunrise at a time

It started with a single day, and a coin I couldn’t let go

Now the path is long behind me, but each step still says: just one more tomorrow