"pull a geographic"

[Eric Nielsen]

On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 11:47 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:

>
> Speaking of Tot Mom, Jane Velez-Mitchell of Headline News said yesterday
> that she might leave town as soon as she's released. But she'll never
> escape
> herself. Said JVM: "[She] can pull a geographic, as they say in
> twelve-step.
> She can move to Houston or [somewhere else]."
>
> But deep down she'll always know...she's Tot Mom.
>
> JL
>
A shortening of what I've heard called the "geographic(al) cure" by friends
involved with AA. It supposedly doesn't work because you can't move away
from yourself.

Eric

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