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
