Support Group for People Addicted to Support Groups Immediately Forms Splinter Group

A newly formed support group for people addicted to attending support groups fractured into two competing factions after its third meeting, with half the members departing to establish what they describe as 'a more authentically supportive environment for people who attend too many support groups.' 'The original group wasn't meeting my needs,' said breakaway member Sandra Circle, who currently attends fourteen support groups per week. 'I felt we were spending too much time talking about the problem and not enough time forming additional groups to address it.' The original group, led by facilitator Dr. Thomas Process, was designed to help members reduce their dependence on group therapy settings. Its twelve founding members collectively attend a total of 97 support groups per week, covering topics ranging from anxiety and grief to candle addiction and competitive birdwatching withdrawal. 'The irony was apparent from session one,' Dr. Process acknowledged. 'I asked members to introduce themselves and share their group attendance history. The introductions took four hours. One member attends a support group every single day, twice on Tuesdays. Another belongs to a support group for people who belong to too many book clubs, which is itself a book club.' The splinter group, named 'Support Group Support Group B,' meets at the same time and location as the original group but in an adjacent room, separated by a curtain. Members of both groups can hear each other's sessions, creating what Dr. Process describes as 'a recursive therapeutic environment.' 'They're doing exactly what we're doing,' he said, gesturing at the curtain. 'They formed a group to address their compulsion to form groups. They are the problem they're trying to solve. I pointed this out and three more members left to start a third group.' The third group, 'Support Group Support Group C,' meets in the parking lot and is reportedly already discussing a fourth splinter faction.