POGA!

The Program:

We, here at the POGA institute (that's right, we're an institute), feel that it is our responsibility to explain the program to all prospective members. Our community was created with the purpose of offering non-judgemental and loving support to its members, a nodding head of understanding and someone to giggle with. We are NOT about recovery. Who wants to overcome something this fun? We do, however, encourage a solid mental hold on reality by repeatedly laughing at how collectively stupid we are.

The Steps:

Step 1:
Admit to yourself that you are obsessed and/or pathetic (generally being pathetic because you are obsessed)

Step 2:
Share the object of your current obsession with your fellow POGA members so that they too might become obsessed. Or at least sigh in sympathetic unison.

Step 3:
Compile a list of your obsessions. This practice is primarily for amusement purposes only, as you will find that your obsessions change over time and looking back at old obsessions (i.e. neon-green legwarmers from the 80s, or Johnny Depp's nasty hair-cut) can result in hours of hilarity. Particularly when shared with other POGA members.

Step 4:
Use your spare time to write scenarios in which you and your obsession exchange pages of witty banter. (This includes inanimate obsessions. There's nothing quite so amusing as talking to one's hairbrush.)

Steps 5-11:
We're still working on these...

Step 12:
Regular attendance at the annual POGA conference in beautiful Pagosa Springs.