We did not all come over on the same ship, but we were all in the same boat. --Bernard M. Baruch
As we listen to others' stories and tell our own, we see roads into this program are different. Some of us hit bottom. Others were spared the worst catastrophes, getting the message of recovery early. In the final analysis, we are all in the same boat with our powerlessness. The differences are superficial. There is no higher or lower status for anyone in our program. When it comes to the power of our addictions and co-dependencies, we are equally in need of help from our Higher Power.
Perhaps there was a time when we felt totally alone with our problems. But we were alone just like thousands of others needing recovery. Because we all have suffered and know our need for help, we can now have a caring and supportive group. We can turn to our brothers and sisters in the program knowing that they are in the same boat, and they will understand. No one else provides that kind of healing relationship.
I am grateful for the closeness I have with others who are in the same boat with me.
Thank God i don't have to go this boat alone!!! i'd never make it!
i'm off to the dentist...ewwwee...my teeth took a beating over the last couple of years using...got 2 broken ones now...last time i went to fix one of them, i prayed to save them and cried when they did...but one of the same broke again, hence more praying..i hate going to the dentist. Needs and wants..
will be back later to read posts, i think i see a newcomer? Welcome!!
stay safe and smilin'
hugs, Wendy
nancyjo59 said
Aug 16, 2005
yes we are all in the same boat....
Good luck with the dentist!!!!!I'd rather have a pelvic exam!
I had surgery for gum disease about 10 years ago ( big waste of money...gums were bad again before a years time).
I started drinking grapefruit juice like it was going out of style...when I quit drinking beer.
After about a few days I got the most awful toothace....I was in bed with the oral jel clenched in my hand ( just kept rubbing it on my gums to numb them)
Finally realized it wasnt my tooth, it was my gums from all that grapefruit juice I got out of bed and gargeled with salt water....applied more oral gel.....Problem Solved
Needless to say... No More Grapefuit Juice For Me.
Nancy Jo
Phil said
Aug 16, 2005
Hey Wendy?? You cant go to the dentist!! Its your turn to row!!
You are reading from the book Touchstones.
As we listen to others' stories and tell our own, we see roads into this program are different. Some of us hit bottom. Others were spared the worst catastrophes, getting the message of recovery early. In the final analysis, we are all in the same boat with our powerlessness. The differences are superficial. There is no higher or lower status for anyone in our program. When it comes to the power of our addictions and co-dependencies, we are equally in need of help from our Higher Power.
Perhaps there was a time when we felt totally alone with our problems. But we were alone just like thousands of others needing recovery. Because we all have suffered and know our need for help, we can now have a caring and supportive group. We can turn to our brothers and sisters in the program knowing that they are in the same boat, and they will understand. No one else provides that kind of healing relationship.
I am grateful for the closeness I have with others who are in the same boat with me.
Thank God i don't have to go this boat alone!!! i'd never make it!
i'm off to the dentist...ewwwee...my teeth took a beating over the last couple of years using...got 2 broken ones now...last time i went to fix one of them, i prayed to save them and cried when they did...but one of the same broke again, hence more praying..i hate going to the dentist. Needs and wants..
will be back later to read posts, i think i see a newcomer? Welcome!!
stay safe and smilin'
hugs, Wendy
yes we are all in the same boat....
Good luck with the dentist!!!!!I'd rather have a pelvic exam!
I had surgery for gum disease about 10 years ago ( big waste of money...gums were bad again before a years time).
I started drinking grapefruit juice like it was going out of style...when I quit drinking beer.
After about a few days I got the most awful toothace....I was in bed with the oral jel clenched in my hand ( just kept rubbing it on my gums to numb them)
Finally realized it wasnt my tooth, it was my gums from all that grapefruit juice
I got out of bed and gargeled with salt water....applied more oral gel.....Problem Solved
Needless to say... No More Grapefuit Juice For Me.
Nancy Jo
Hey Wendy?? You cant go to the dentist!! Its your turn to row!!
Oh well--ohhh Nancy?? hahaha
Have a good one girls.