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Explainers Anonymous™ - III

Thursday Dec 27 2007

By Charles E. Smith | Bio

This is the third in a three-part series. Read the previous post.

Membership in Explainers Anonymous™ is free. We only have meetings if someone asks. There is no email address, no fax and no phone. All you need to do is admit you are hopelessly attached to your own and others’ explanations and that you want to get free. People all over the world are joining up. Still, people ask me, “What’s the price of my addiction to explaining?” Why worry about it?[Read More]

Written by eldering at Retirement

Tagged with: explanation meetings membership twelve-steps

Explainers Anonymous™ - II

Thursday Nov 22 2007

By Charles E. Smith | Bio

Explainers Anonymous™ is for people who can’t help explaining they are dedicated victims of circumstance. Explaining, like taking a drink, need not be not a problem. Telling a story to entertain or teach is wonderful. Sometimes explanations are really useful (such as in telling the doctor why your hand is bleeding) or when they warn you of something (such as in looking both ways before crossing the street because you might get killed). Sometimes they are useful as long as everyone understands it’s an explanation—and only one out of a hundred thousand possibilities.[Read More]

Written by eldering at Retirement

Tagged with: addiction circumstance explaining explanation retirement