Missteps of the Season

1. We admitted we were powerless over the holidays--that our bank balances had become unmanageable.


2. Came to believe that paying attention to advertising would drive us insane.


3. Made a decision to turn our will and our credit cards over to the care of shopping malls as we understood them from watching TV.


4. Made a searching and fearless shopping list for our family and friends.


5. Admitted to the bank and to ourselves the exact nature of our credit rating.


6. Were entirely ready to remove extravagant gifts from our shopping lists.


7. Humbly asked for a diet that would remove ten pounds by the New Year.


8. Made a list of all persons we had bought the wrong sizes and colors for and became willing to make exchanges for them all.


9. Made direct returns to stores whenever possible, except when they had gone out of business.


10. Continued to take personal grocery lists to the store and when we could use a coupon promptly cut it out.


11. 11. Sought through procrastination and couch-potatoing to improve our conscious contact with the home team, praying only for the health of the players and their power to carry the ball.


12. 12. Having had a rude awakening as the result of opening our credit card statements, we tried to eliminate shopping from our daily disciplines and to fill our time with more AA meetings.