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I think you could almost say that I make complaining an art form. The Cubs went from dead last to the playoffs in one year, and all I can focus on is their early exit from the playoffs (ok, that was a pretty common complaint). I get a great producer gig in a larger market, with better pay and the first thing I tell anyone is “yeah, but it’s back in the southeast.”

Yes, I’m a complainer… but I’m certainly not alone. Take the Republican party for example. Here we are approaching actual voting for the Presidential nomination, and no one seems to be happy with any of their choices. Tired of hearing the fiscal conservative in your life complaining about their lack of options? Well Rick Moran has the perfect rehab program for you:

What I really need is a 12 step program to curb my grousing. Something like Politics Anonymous where you acknowledge your sins and resolve to correct the error of your ways. Here are a few steps I offer as suggestions:

Step I: I admit I am powerless to stop grousing about how bad GOP political candidates are and that my writing has become incredibly boring because of it.

Step II: I have come to believe that there will be no intervention by a higher power to supply us with candidates we can enthusiastically support — unless there’s a brokered convention and General Petreaus agrees to run for president which, for me, would be incontrovertible proof of the existence of God.

Step IV: Made a searching and fearless inventory of all the faults of the candidates and came to the conclusion there wasn’t a damn thing I could do about it.

Step VII: Humbly acknowledge my inability to adequately describe how truly awful all the Republican candidates are and resolve to be less critical and more understanding of their shortcomings.

I might have to hang that up in my office. I could scratch out the word “Republican” and substitute in my gripe(s) of the day.