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?" [shakes pills]

"Man, what the fuck! ?" "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!"