Tai Hoang

Hi, I'm Tai. And I am here to admit that I have a problem. No, it is not procrastination, although I tend to procrastinate all the time. No, it is not about the amounts of selfies I take in a day either. The problem is a problem that's so cute you wouldn't take it seriously. After years of people saying "That's not a problem", and "You're so lucky", I am here to finally explain it. I am a Serial Stuffed Animal Hoarder, or SSAH for short. I have a collection of stuffed animals, ranging from gifts from ex-lovers to Christmas presents from my friends and family. If you can't figure out what to get me for my birthday or a special occasion, just "surprise" me with a stuffed animal. My collection has become so vast that my parents said I could only pick a few with me to bring to my Apartment in Athens, because if I brought them all, I wouldn't have any space for anything else in my small apartment room. The choice was extremely hard but I managed to pick a few.

From highly trained professionals, I’ve heard that the first step to recovery is to admit that the problem exists. I have now done that. However, since I am not religious, I can skip the next 6 steps of the recovery process. Step eight is to make a list of all of the people who were harmed in the process of my collection and make amends with them all. I will do this as soon as possible, or after my collection reaches 200 stuffed animals. As you can see, I have almost completed 8 out of the 12 steps to recovery in just two paragraphs. With one more paragraph, I could possibly be done with the 12 step process and be cured of my disease. However, I have already completed the 300 words for his homework assignment, and unless my professor told us to expand on this assignment, I will stop here. Thanks for listening.