The 12-step chocoholics program: Never be more than 12 steps away from chocolate!

This quip plays on the well-known “12-step” structure of addiction-recovery programs by flipping its purpose: instead of keeping distance from a substance, the “chocoholics” rule is to stay within easy reach of chocolate. The humor relies on incongruity and exaggeration—treating an everyday craving as if it were a formal dependency—while also gently satirizing self-help slogans and the way people rationalize indulgence. As a Terry Moore line, it fits a conversational, character-driven comic sensibility: a punchy one-liner that turns a cultural reference into a compact joke about comfort, temptation, and the small “rules” people invent to feel better about guilty pleasures.