BPA

No, not the stuff in plastic bottles that's caused quite a stir, bisphenol A.

It's a new self-help group I'm going to create.

Bitter Persons Anonymous.

I don't think we'll work on helping folks overcome bitterness. No, I think we'll focus on encouraging, harboring, even propagating feelings of bitterness and resentment.

If you'd like to become a pioneer member of this new self-help (help?) group, send an email to BPA@effortsinfutility.com and we'll get you hooked up. It'll be fun.

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Actually, I was just browsing through my Abnormal Psychology book and came across a little blurb about self-help groups and it was asking the question: Too much of a good thing?

If referenced a notice that was posted in a Colorado church way back in 1990 (Muskowitz, 2001). It listed a weeks worth of support groups that would be using the building during the week. The schedule looked something like this:

Sunday
12:00 noon Cocaine Anonymous, main floor
5:30 p.m. Survivors of Incest, main floor
6:00 p.m. Al-Anon, 2nd floor
6:00 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous, basement

Monday
5:30 p.m. Debtors Anonymous, basement
6:30 p.m. Codependents of Sex Addicts Anonymous, 2nd floor
7:00 p.m. Adult Children of Alcoholics, 2nd floor
8:00 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous, basement
8:00 p.m. Al-Anon, 2nd floor
8:00 p.m. Alateen, basement
8:00 p.m. Cocaine Anonymous, main floor

Tuesday
8:00 p.m. Survivors of Incest Anonymous, basement

Wednesday
5:30 p.m. Sex & Love Addicts Anonymous, basement
7:30 p.m. Adult Children of Alcoholics, 2nd floor
8:00 p.m. Cocaine Anonymous, main floor

Thursday
7:00 p.m. Codependents of Sex Addicts Anonymous, 2nd floor
7:00 p.m. Women's Cocaine Anonymous, main floor

Friday
5:30 p.m. Sex & Love Addicts Anonymous, basement
5:45 p.m. Adult Overeaters Anonymous, 2nd floor
7:30 p.m. Codependents Anonymous, basement
7:30 p.m. Adult Children of Alcoholics, 2nd floor
8:00 p.m. Cocaine Anonymous, main floor

Saturday
10:00 a.m. Adult Children of Alcoholics, main floor
12:00 p.m. Self-Abusers Anonymous, 2nd floor

Think about it for a minute. If that was the schedule way back in the late 1900's, imagine what it would be now!

BPA would probably meet two or three nights a week and have a packed house.