Support Group Storyteller Gifts

Dyslexics Anonymous

Sign: 'Welcome to Fernbanks. Beneath our quaint Norman Rockwell-ish exterior beats a big-box chain store heart, ready to sell out at the drop of a hat.'

'We'd like to form a support group for homework anxiety.'

"Excuse me, Jerrod, but I'm leaving you for Paul's competing narrative."

Ghost Scare-apy Sessions

Site of new Super Gamblers Anonymous.

"And last week I nearly crashed while reading on the freeway..."

"I feel proud of the success I've made, thanks for all your support."

"My name is Jane and I've been forty-six for 30 days."

'I fell off the wagon, again... meat wagon that is.'

"It's like every year my fear gets a little worse."

"I'll give you 3 to 1 nobody else turns up."

'There's no cure, but the good news is we have some great support groups!'

Mums at play group.

'I have proof my support group is plotting against me.'

Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky

'If they didn't have on-site daycare, I wouldn't even be able to come to these meetings.'

Breathe-aholics Anonymous: 'Hi, my name is Glen, and I've been clean and sober for over one minute.'

Support your local bookstore

Cartoon characters unable to instantly recover from catastrophic injuries support group.

'Insomniacs Anonymous. Next meeting 3am,Tues.'

'Oh, and He doesn't think the New Yorker cartoons are funny.'

'Nobody believes a word I say!' 'Oh, come now!'

The Electric Fence Survivors Support Group

Self Harm Support.

'I was so shocked when I was born... I couldn't talk for a year.'

The International Association of Innocent Bystanders.

"I relapsed."

"Do you believe in life after drink?"

Self-help group needs promoting to helping themselves to tea and biscuits

"Hello, my name is Stanley and I'm a quack addict."

Alcoholics Eponymous

'Hi, I'm from Complainers Anonymous. Can I see the manager?'

Obvious problem.

'Edgar hooked a thirty-pound king salmon on his ultra-light. He goes for counselling tomorrow.'