For you resolute, hopeful souls who make superhuman resolutions by twelve PM every New Years Eve, we salute you! For those sober enough to remember them the next morning, we congratulate you. If you’re still hanging in, five days later, we’ve very impressed indeed!
Did you resolve to lose weight, exercise more and to eat healthier in 2015? Maybe you decided to quit smoking (cold turkey of course), or perhaps you want to stop mainlining bath salts or cut out Mallomars. Whatever it is, remember your secret is safe with us! Feel free to share, and we’ll help support you when your resolve is running low. Unless of course, we sense that you’re having second, third and fourth thoughts, and that you’ll be much better off leaving it behind and sliding back into your comfortable old habits. It’s all about supporting you!
Key and Peele seem to have made a video for all of us with good intentions, who seek a group of like-minded people to ‘help’ get us through the difficult changes we often set before ourselves. It is also for those with ulterior motives, which may or may not fit into the resolutions or reason for the group’s existence.
Certainly sexual addiction is a complex psychological issue; but at first glance, while it appears that Wendell needs a support group, one wonders if this might not be the right one. Rumpled, obese Wendell snarfs down greasy chips, while others tell secret tales of sexual compulsion. Ah, but soon he is sharing a torrid tale of greasy melted cheese – and too much more!
I invite you to listen to Wendell’s tale, and the masterful way he winds it up, feeling ‘vulnerable and distraught’ – as if anyone could just ‘take advantage of him’ sexually. I’m betting that anyone who’ll buy the pizza can quickly move into the world of Wendell’s cross-addiction, ‘vulnerability’ or no.
The ‘rules’ say you mustn’t hook up with new members in 12-step groups, but other groups are fast and free. I remember years ago, when Nutri System groups actually met – face to face. The most unique pick-up line I ever received in my life came from one young man. Men were a rarity in those groups, anyway – and he did not appear to be overweight. His name was familiar, and I soon learned why. He asked if I’d like to leave the meeting and come out with him. You see – he confided ,his parents owned the Baskin-Robbins 31 Flavors Ice Cream franchise, and he had the keys!
Like Wendell, who wasn’t plagued with a sexual addiction, the ice cream heir made good use of ‘support’ groups just the same. ; ) <sign> The Rocky Road not taken.