There but for God's Grace, go I
There but for God's Grace, go I
Well I'm sitting on a cross country flight and wouldn't you know that I'd have the luck to sit next to a lady who's now working on her second bottle of wine. She's gotten to that sloppy drunk , talkative stage. I'm quietly pecking away here hoping she'll lose interest in me.
These are the moments that make me so very grateful to be over a year sober. It was so weird to witness her slowly become drunk right next to me.
There but for the grace of God, go I. I am so very grateful for sobriety.
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These are the moments that make me so very grateful to be over a year sober. It was so weird to witness her slowly become drunk right next to me.
There but for the grace of God, go I. I am so very grateful for sobriety.
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Great post.. People do get drunk pretty quick when you're sitting with them sober..I see it often at family dinners..
As soon as my brother in law has a few he starts rewinding the television because he missed something.. That's about the time I say my goodbyes!!
Safe travels!!
As soon as my brother in law has a few he starts rewinding the television because he missed something.. That's about the time I say my goodbyes!!
Safe travels!!
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I'm sure this was difficult to witness and that you are grateful that you are not in this place anymore, but I still have mixed feelings about this post. I'm having problems seeing why it is necessary to put someone else down in order to feel good. Seven years ago I lost 150 lbs, but I didn't look at people around me thinking "oh, look at that fat lady stuffing her face with burgers", and I certainly didn't post it online. What if I were that lady sitting next to you on that flight?
I'm just a stupid foreigner and there are many aspects of the English language I still don't understand, but when I'm reading the title of this post I get the feeling that you have God's grace - and she doesn't. Correct me if I'm wrong.
So, I'm sorry to say that this was not a great post.
I'm just a stupid foreigner and there are many aspects of the English language I still don't understand, but when I'm reading the title of this post I get the feeling that you have God's grace - and she doesn't. Correct me if I'm wrong.
So, I'm sorry to say that this was not a great post.
I often remind myself "there but for the grace of God go I".
What that means to me is a reminder not to judge other people but rather to have compassion for where they are and what their situation might be.
It also is a reminder to myself to be grateful for where I find myself. It is a reminder to myself not to disparage someone else's position in life because it could just as easily be me.
What that means to me is a reminder not to judge other people but rather to have compassion for where they are and what their situation might be.
It also is a reminder to myself to be grateful for where I find myself. It is a reminder to myself not to disparage someone else's position in life because it could just as easily be me.
I'm sure this was difficult to witness and that you are grateful that you are not in this place anymore, but I still have mixed feelings about this post. I'm having problems seeing why it is necessary to put someone else down in order to feel good. Seven years ago I lost 150 lbs, but I didn't look at people around me thinking "oh, look at that fat lady stuffing her face with burgers", and I certainly didn't post it online. What if I were that lady sitting next to you on that flight?
I'm just a stupid foreigner and there are many aspects of the English language I still don't understand, but when I'm reading the title of this post I get the feeling that you have God's grace - and she doesn't. Correct me if I'm wrong.
So, I'm sorry to say that this was not a great post.
I'm just a stupid foreigner and there are many aspects of the English language I still don't understand, but when I'm reading the title of this post I get the feeling that you have God's grace - and she doesn't. Correct me if I'm wrong.
So, I'm sorry to say that this was not a great post.
It is a saying that means it could easily be me in the same situation. It is not meant to say the other person doesn't have God's grace.
I know in the past I have been the person starting on that second glass of wine, and I am grateful it isn't me right now. This is what I believe was meant by the post.
I see it the same way. It's having compassion and not being judgemental and feeling relieved that I don't have to do that anymore because I know how so very easily that could be me.
I believe that it took some sort of grace for me to be able to stop. How else did I just "decide" one morning that I was done, when all those mornings before that, I really thought I was done but wasn't?
I believe that it took some sort of grace for me to be able to stop. How else did I just "decide" one morning that I was done, when all those mornings before that, I really thought I was done but wasn't?
I'm sure this was difficult to witness and that you are grateful that you are not in this place anymore, but I still have mixed feelings about this post. I'm having problems seeing why it is necessary to put someone else down in order to feel good. Seven years ago I lost 150 lbs, but I didn't look at people around me thinking "oh, look at that fat lady stuffing her face with burgers", and I certainly didn't post it online. What if I were that lady sitting next to you on that flight?
I'm just a stupid foreigner and there are many aspects of the English language I still don't understand, but when I'm reading the title of this post I get the feeling that you have God's grace - and she doesn't. Correct me if I'm wrong.
So, I'm sorry to say that this was not a great post.
I'm just a stupid foreigner and there are many aspects of the English language I still don't understand, but when I'm reading the title of this post I get the feeling that you have God's grace - and she doesn't. Correct me if I'm wrong.
So, I'm sorry to say that this was not a great post.
A reminder to all of us what we looked like to other people is often a great thing to keep us on track.
Great job not craving or giving in. Sobriety is a gift and I think its awesome to recognize it.
it was pretty wild for me,too, the first time i was around someone getting sloppy drunk like i used to.
and all i could think was," thank you, God, for helping me get sober."
and all i could think was," thank you, God, for helping me get sober."
I'm sure this was difficult to witness and that you are grateful that you are not in this place anymore, but I still have mixed feelings about this post. I'm having problems seeing why it is necessary to put someone else down in order to feel good. Seven years ago I lost 150 lbs, but I didn't look at people around me thinking "oh, look at that fat lady stuffing her face with burgers", and I certainly didn't post it online. What if I were that lady sitting next to you on that flight?
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