If you’ve ever white-knuckled through a day, white-knuckled through a craving, or white-knuckled through a wave of anxiety, you know the truth: willpower is a finite resource. It’s a feeling. And feelings, as we all know, are spectacularly unreliable. You can muster it for a morning, but by afternoon, when the stress hits and the old neural pathways light up, that willpower often evaporates like mist.

Trying to build a sober life on willpower alone is like building a house on sand. “And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.” (Matthew 7:27). We need a foundation. We need structure. We need something we can rely on when our feelings betray us.

That “something” is a system. Not a feeling, but a framework. I call them The 5 Daily Anchors. These are the non-negotiable practices that moor your mind, stabilize your spirit, and hold you fast when the storms of craving, stress, and old habits try to drag you back out to sea.

I break down each of these five anchors in detail in this video. Watch it here:

For those who prefer to read, here is the essence of each anchor:

1. The Morning Prayer: Your Spiritual Compass. This is the act of setting your course with God before the world sets it for you. It is consciously asking, “Your will be done, not mine,” and acknowledging, “I can do all things through him who strengthens me” (Philippians 4:13). This five-minute ritual prioritizes your sobriety in grace.
2. The Information Diet: Your Mental Filter. Your mind in early recovery is tender. Flooding it with news and social media chaos is like pouring alcohol on a wound. This anchor is about stewardship—guarding your heart and mind, “for from it flow the springs of life” (Proverbs 4:23).
3. The Midday Check-In: Your Grounding Ritual. This is the pause that prevents autopilot relapse. It’s stepping away to ask, “What am I feeling?” and breathing through it. It is the practical application of “Be still, and know that I am God” (Psalm 46:10) in the middle of a workday.
4. The Body Signal Scan: Your Afternoon Intercept. That late-day crash isn’t a moral failure; it’s a physical signal. This anchor teaches you to recognize the need for rest or reward and redirect it. It’s learning to honor the temple of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 6:19) by meeting its true needs.
5. The Evening Audit: Your Peaceful Close. You must declare an end to the day’s battles. This is a time for a brief journal reflection and deliberate unwinding. It’s the practice of “casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you” (1 Peter 5:7) before you close your eyes, training your nervous system for peace without chemicals.

These anchors work together. The Prayer sets your course. The Diet protects your mind. The Check-In grounds you. The Scan redirects your energy. The Audit grants you peace. They are a mooring system for your soul.

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Your Natural Next Step: Get the Foundational Toolkit

These five anchors create the daily structure. But to build them on a solid, unshakable foundation, you need the right tools and materials.

That’s why I created my free “First Steps to a Truce” Starter Kit. It’s the perfect companion to this video, providing the deeper spiritual and practical groundwork:

• The Practical Guide that expands on these shifts.
• The 3 Key Bible Verses to armor your mind, including the full “Armor of God” passage from Ephesians 6.
• The Daily Prayer to start your morning anchor.

This kit is my gift to you. It contains the very first tools that helped me move from a life of reacting to cravings to a life of intentional peace.

👉 Get Your Free “First Steps to a Truce” Starter Kit Here

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Thank you for being here. Remember, “Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful” (Hebrews 10:23). Anchor yourself in that promise, one day at a time.

— Chris

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