"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!"