Oprah: I don't think that helped.

[Marley23]

@David Simmons

Not much doubt about it. Life magazine did a piece on snobbery in immediate post-WWII period. Included were the “we’ve got it worse than anybody” and “I’m the worst possible case” snobs.

I’ve been to AA meetings that began to seem like contests to see who could claim to have sunk the lowest.

I always thought “suffering knows no heirarchy” was one of the more perceptive things I’d heard. I don’t know who said it first.

[SusanStoHelit]

@David Simmons

I’ve got to think the Frazier episodes that had the woman who took over Frazier’s show and started calling herself Doctor Whateveritwas based her character on Oprah.

You mean Dr Nora? Rhymes with Dr Laura?

I think you may be wrong.

[David_Simmons]

@SusanStoHelit

I think you may be wrong.

Could be. But then I wasn’t pitching a shutout anyway.

[Cranky_Hermit]

@Qadgop the Mercotan

Not in my experience.

Us addicts tend to have false self-esteem. Either rating ourselves too high or too low, depending on the mood, the situation, or the day of the week. We are often either the greatest things on earth, or the worst, and often on the same day. It’s actually a form of unbridled grandiosity to decide that we are the lowest of the low.

**What many addicts sorely need is a sense of true humility: An accurate ability to assess one’s own worth, complete with pluses and minuses. **
IMHO, of course.

Actually, I’d like to acquire that ability, myself.

I agree with the Op on the pressure-issue. It works for some, not all. The hoped-for end result is too important for Oprah to mess with the girl’s head.

[SusanStoHelit]

@David Simmons

Could be. But then I wasn’t pitching a shutout anyway.

I’m pretty sure Dr Nora was a parody of Dr Laura Schlessinger.
I can’t believe I remember this so well. I wasn’t even a fan, but this episode made me laugh:

Nora: Listen to me, you have a child! You think you have the
right to get divorced just because you’re tired of your
husband?
Jill: But he’s gay!
Nora: You picked him. You made a baby with him. Maybe you got him
drunk, maybe you dressed up as Antonio Banderas, I don’t care!
Just make it work!

Plus she called a bisexual woman an “equal-opportunity slut”

Every so often, the writers pulled a gem like this out of their ass. Tricked me into thinking Frasier was worth watching.