Since I've joined a 12-Step fellowship, I've gained quite

a bit of weight. A friend told me it was because I didn't

get as much exercise as I used to.

"But I never exercised while I was still partying," I protested.

"Sure you did," he countered, "here's the exercise program

you were on:

- Hitting the bottle

- Beating yourself up

- Bending the rules

- Stretching the truth

- Jogging your memory

- Running into trouble

- Jumping to conclusions

- Stepping on toes

- Climbing the walls

- Dodging responsibility

- Pushing your luck

- Pulling the wool over peoples eyes

- Walking all over people

- Carrying a grudge

- Throwing fits

- Picking up the pieces."