«Morning, Marshall.»
«Morning, doc.»
«So we’re discharging you today, how are you feeling?»
«Anxious.»
«Anxiety?»
«Well, anxious to get home, anxious to get back into the world. Nervous.»
«Nervous? C’mon, Marshall, you’re a big boy now. Sounding like a bit of a baby,
you can do this.
You found a sponsor yet?»
«Um, not yet. I mean, but when I get back»
«Well, if you find one, you find one. If you don’t, you don’t.»
«Well, yeah, I mean I godda start going to meetings first and… Wait, what?»
«Well, you don’t absolutely have to go to meetings and it’s not like like
A requirement that they fit into your shedule, we know you’re a busy person.»
«But I thought variety was the most important thing?»
«So what else are you thinking?»
«Um, well, I know I godda start practising the steps, and
I mean learning them, and start being able to apply them.»
«Steps?»
«Yeah, steps.»
«There's a lot of them, aren’t there?
«Well, twelve.»
«Christ, I don’t even know them all.»
«Really?»
«Anything else?»
«Um, well, I mean the only other question
I have was like, what do I do if I find myself in a situation where
Maybe somebody is drinking around me or something like that and I get tempted
to?»
«Take a drink.»
«What?»
«Take a drink and y’know, take the edge off.»
«Take the edge off? Man, if I ever take a drink
I already know what that’s gonna lead me to.»
«What, you mean these?»
«Man, what the f*ck!?»
«Marhsall, what’s the matter, darling?
Having some doubts already?
Marshall, you can’t leave me, you’ll never leave me, Marshall
We’ll always be together, Marshall. Marshall??? Marshall?!
«No, no, no, no, NO!»