1 00:00:05,084 --> 00:00:08,051 2 00:00:24,537 --> 00:00:26,005 How's Dr. Bob, Lizzy? 3 00:00:26,105 --> 00:00:28,274 He didn't touch a thing. 4 00:00:28,374 --> 00:00:32,378 Since Anne died, he just doesn't care. 5 00:00:32,478 --> 00:00:36,449 At this rate, he's not going to last long. 6 00:00:36,549 --> 00:00:39,183 Well, I wish we didn't have to leave. 7 00:00:42,921 --> 00:00:45,289 Thank you, Lizzy, for everything. 8 00:00:56,769 --> 00:00:57,934 All loaded up. 9 00:00:59,905 --> 00:01:01,372 Time to say goodbye? 10 00:01:03,342 --> 00:01:04,675 Yeah. 11 00:01:15,054 --> 00:01:16,422 Well, Smitty, 12 00:01:16,522 --> 00:01:19,158 I'm finally getting my man out of town. 13 00:01:19,258 --> 00:01:20,893 Way out. 14 00:01:20,993 --> 00:01:23,396 You have a wonderful trip, Lois. 15 00:01:23,496 --> 00:01:25,131 You've earned it. 16 00:01:25,231 --> 00:01:28,968 Thank you for spending these few days with me. 17 00:01:29,068 --> 00:01:31,237 I'll send you a whole bunch of postcards. 18 00:01:31,337 --> 00:01:32,336 I promise. 19 00:01:59,298 --> 00:02:01,501 Thank you again, Smitty. 20 00:02:01,601 --> 00:02:03,302 For everything. 21 00:02:03,402 --> 00:02:07,406 Nah. You got that backwards, Billy. 22 00:02:07,506 --> 00:02:09,506 I owe you the debt. 23 00:02:11,810 --> 00:02:14,079 Remember that very first day? 24 00:02:14,179 --> 00:02:16,081 Make it snappy, you said. 25 00:02:16,181 --> 00:02:18,117 I'll give you 15 minutes. 26 00:02:18,217 --> 00:02:21,017 I talked for six hours. 27 00:02:22,421 --> 00:02:24,421 How far we've come together. 28 00:02:25,958 --> 00:02:29,428 Brought a lot of people along with us. 29 00:02:29,528 --> 00:02:32,831 Over 100,000, last reckoning. 30 00:02:32,931 --> 00:02:36,969 It's been a bumpy trip at times. 31 00:02:37,069 --> 00:02:40,005 I'd take it again in a minute. 32 00:02:40,105 --> 00:02:44,677 So would I, Smitty. So would I. 33 00:02:44,777 --> 00:02:46,612 When I think how much our lives have changed 34 00:02:46,712 --> 00:02:48,514 just because we didn't drink. 35 00:02:48,614 --> 00:02:51,684 No matter what, we just don't drink. 36 00:02:51,784 --> 00:02:53,852 It's that simple. 37 00:02:53,952 --> 00:02:58,824 That's what we've got to remember, Billy. 38 00:02:58,924 --> 00:03:03,563 Keep it simple. Always keep it simple. 39 00:03:03,663 --> 00:03:07,166 None of that freudian stuff, right? 40 00:03:07,266 --> 00:03:08,534 Right. 41 00:03:08,634 --> 00:03:12,104 Keep putting one foot in front of the other. 42 00:03:12,204 --> 00:03:14,571 One day at a time. 43 00:03:37,797 --> 00:03:39,198 Goodbye, Smitty. 44 00:03:39,298 --> 00:03:41,565 Goodbye, old friend. 45 00:03:50,810 --> 00:03:52,745 You're going to miss him. 46 00:03:52,845 --> 00:03:55,281 Yeah. Smitty's always been my anchor, 47 00:03:55,381 --> 00:03:57,416 and now he won't be around. 48 00:03:57,516 --> 00:04:00,119 Well, you'll always have the fellowship. 49 00:04:00,219 --> 00:04:01,687 And me. 50 00:04:01,787 --> 00:04:03,689 I've always needed you, lo. 51 00:04:03,789 --> 00:04:05,190 Now more than ever. 52 00:04:05,290 --> 00:04:06,726 But when Smitty goes, 53 00:04:06,826 --> 00:04:08,461 I just don't know how I'm going to 54 00:04:08,561 --> 00:04:10,263 Bill Wilson! 55 00:04:10,363 --> 00:04:13,466 One day you can stand up at an a.A. Convention 56 00:04:13,566 --> 00:04:15,468 and mesmerize thousands, and the next, 57 00:04:15,568 --> 00:04:18,137 you're still wondering if it'll all work out. 58 00:04:18,237 --> 00:04:20,539 You, the man who, by his own admission, 59 00:04:20,639 --> 00:04:23,909 won the world war all by himself. 60 00:04:24,009 --> 00:04:25,611 I want you to know I did just that. 61 00:04:25,711 --> 00:04:26,612 I know. 62 00:04:26,712 --> 00:04:29,181 No, I did. I did. 63 00:04:29,281 --> 00:04:32,451 You were my conquering hero. 64 00:04:45,798 --> 00:04:49,502 Hey, Bill! Bill, thanks again. 65 00:04:49,602 --> 00:04:50,970 You're leaving? 66 00:04:51,070 --> 00:04:53,138 Say hello to Mrs. Bill Wilson. 67 00:04:53,238 --> 00:04:54,674 Ward t. Hogg, ma'am. 68 00:04:54,774 --> 00:04:56,776 Your husband saved my life. 69 00:04:56,876 --> 00:04:58,310 Let's stay in touch. 70 00:04:58,410 --> 00:05:00,847 Brooklyn's not far from New Jersey. 71 00:05:00,947 --> 00:05:02,448 He just got married. 72 00:05:02,548 --> 00:05:04,183 Bill, I'll sure miss you. 73 00:05:04,283 --> 00:05:06,318 How's your dad gonna keep you down on the farm 74 00:05:06,418 --> 00:05:08,788 now that you've seen paree? 75 00:05:08,888 --> 00:05:10,823 Hey! We did it. 76 00:05:10,923 --> 00:05:13,225 We won, and I'm back with the two people 77 00:05:13,325 --> 00:05:15,361 I love the best in the whole world. 78 00:05:15,461 --> 00:05:16,896 Now it really begins. 79 00:05:26,606 --> 00:05:27,507 What? 80 00:05:27,607 --> 00:05:28,941 I just realized. 81 00:05:29,041 --> 00:05:30,009 I won't get saluted anymore. 82 00:05:30,109 --> 00:05:31,844 Did you like that? 83 00:05:31,944 --> 00:05:33,880 I loved being an officer- 84 00:05:33,980 --> 00:05:35,347 being a leader, giving orders. 85 00:05:35,447 --> 00:05:37,884 I was good at it. My men liked me. 86 00:05:37,984 --> 00:05:40,252 I understood how they felt- 87 00:05:40,352 --> 00:05:43,623 away from home, alone and afraid. 88 00:05:43,723 --> 00:05:45,858 It was the first thing 89 00:05:45,958 --> 00:05:47,326 I was ever really good at. 90 00:05:47,426 --> 00:05:48,861 Oh, not so. 91 00:05:48,961 --> 00:05:49,960 Oh, yeah? 92 00:05:52,431 --> 00:05:54,464 Here we are. Third floor. 93 00:06:04,877 --> 00:06:06,278 You like it? 94 00:06:06,378 --> 00:06:07,911 It's great. 95 00:06:10,082 --> 00:06:11,782 Real cozy. 96 00:06:13,953 --> 00:06:15,352 It's nice. 97 00:06:19,591 --> 00:06:22,492 Billwait. 98 00:06:24,864 --> 00:06:29,001 I was expecting when you went overseas. 99 00:06:29,101 --> 00:06:32,004 I didn't find out until you were gone. 100 00:06:32,104 --> 00:06:36,408 I wanted to write. I tried to. 101 00:06:36,508 --> 00:06:40,010 I lost the baby three months into the pregnancy. 102 00:06:43,916 --> 00:06:47,086 It's all right, lo. 103 00:06:47,186 --> 00:06:49,188 We'll have a dozen kids. You just wait. 104 00:06:49,288 --> 00:06:50,222 What if- 105 00:06:50,322 --> 00:06:52,491 you 106 00:06:52,591 --> 00:06:54,060 You're all I need. 107 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:57,763 You're more than I ever deserved. 108 00:06:57,863 --> 00:07:00,130 You're the most- 109 00:07:16,615 --> 00:07:18,517 Can't believe you turned them down. 110 00:07:18,617 --> 00:07:19,518 That's right. 111 00:07:20,619 --> 00:07:23,522 You came out top in the exam. 112 00:07:23,622 --> 00:07:25,057 You won the prize. 113 00:07:25,157 --> 00:07:26,558 Let's conduct this conversation 114 00:07:26,658 --> 00:07:28,458 in more civilized surroundings. 115 00:07:31,864 --> 00:07:34,800 You're crazy to turn down a job with Thomas Edison. 116 00:07:34,900 --> 00:07:36,401 Why'd you do it? 117 00:07:36,501 --> 00:07:38,904 Thomas Edison is top banana in that outfit. 118 00:07:39,004 --> 00:07:42,441 I'm going to be top banana in my own outfit. 119 00:07:42,541 --> 00:07:44,476 How will you do that? 120 00:07:44,576 --> 00:07:46,478 Where's the real money being made? 121 00:07:46,578 --> 00:07:47,479 Right here. 122 00:07:47,579 --> 00:07:48,948 Ha! In a speakeasy? 123 00:07:49,048 --> 00:07:51,050 Not here, dummy. Wall street. 124 00:07:51,150 --> 00:07:53,452 I've made the world safe for democracy. 125 00:07:53,552 --> 00:07:56,255 Time to stop fooling around and get on with it. 126 00:07:56,355 --> 00:07:58,290 But I need your help. 127 00:07:58,390 --> 00:07:59,324 Sure. How? 128 00:07:59,424 --> 00:08:01,961 Put in a word for me with frank Shaw 129 00:08:02,061 --> 00:08:03,462 at the brokerage firm. He's a partner, right? 130 00:08:03,562 --> 00:08:04,897 All I need is a start. 131 00:08:04,997 --> 00:08:06,465 One break, and I'm on my way. 132 00:08:06,565 --> 00:08:09,101 May you die with the teeth you were born with. Ha! 133 00:08:09,201 --> 00:08:12,337 Telephone, 851/2. 134 00:08:12,437 --> 00:08:16,441 Big steel, 591/4. 135 00:08:16,541 --> 00:08:20,680 Jersey oil, 177. 136 00:08:20,780 --> 00:08:25,816 General auto, 1191/4. Unchanged. 137 00:08:31,456 --> 00:08:36,862 Chicago pacific, 551/4. Unchanged. 138 00:08:36,962 --> 00:08:40,465 Northwest, 785/8. 139 00:08:40,565 --> 00:08:43,569 So he says, Mr. Wilson, we button our collars 140 00:08:43,669 --> 00:08:45,071 at rice and company. 141 00:08:45,171 --> 00:08:47,707 Buttoned collars, high socks, no smoking. 142 00:08:47,807 --> 00:08:50,242 It's dumb. It's not what's important. 143 00:08:50,342 --> 00:08:52,277 It's the industries, the companies, 144 00:08:52,377 --> 00:08:54,646 the stocks, the missed opportunities. 145 00:08:54,746 --> 00:08:57,616 You haven't been there that long. 146 00:08:57,716 --> 00:08:59,218 Writing numbers on a chalkboard. 147 00:08:59,318 --> 00:09:01,253 This is definitely not for me. 148 00:09:01,353 --> 00:09:04,190 Bill, I have something to tell you. 149 00:09:04,290 --> 00:09:06,258 I've got more ideas in my behind 150 00:09:06,358 --> 00:09:08,260 than they got in the whole company. 151 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:09,494 Ii saw the doctor today. 152 00:09:09,594 --> 00:09:12,531 If I could just get frank Shaw's ear. 153 00:09:12,631 --> 00:09:14,033 I've got this project 154 00:09:14,133 --> 00:09:15,868 that could change wall street. 155 00:09:15,968 --> 00:09:18,235 Bill, the doctor says I'm pregnant again. 156 00:09:20,806 --> 00:09:24,376 Hey. That's great. 157 00:09:24,476 --> 00:09:27,012 I'm so frightened. 158 00:09:27,112 --> 00:09:29,381 I burst into tears when the doctor told me. 159 00:09:29,481 --> 00:09:32,451 I'm just so afraid of being happy now 160 00:09:32,551 --> 00:09:34,486 and then losing it again. 161 00:09:34,586 --> 00:09:36,521 It can't happen again, can it? 162 00:09:36,621 --> 00:09:38,557 Absolutely not. 163 00:09:38,657 --> 00:09:41,193 The second time's a charm. 164 00:09:41,293 --> 00:09:42,694 Wow. 165 00:09:42,794 --> 00:09:44,630 Me, a father. 166 00:09:44,730 --> 00:09:46,163 Oh, wow. 167 00:09:49,301 --> 00:09:52,571 Lois, I just had a couple of beers. 168 00:09:52,671 --> 00:09:55,975 I'll be home in an hour. I got to sell this guy. 169 00:09:56,075 --> 00:09:59,111 Honest. Absolutely. I promise. 170 00:09:59,211 --> 00:10:01,979 Ok. Yeah. Yeah, me, too. I got to go. Bye. 171 00:10:04,049 --> 00:10:06,485 Sorry. Had to talk to the wife. 172 00:10:06,585 --> 00:10:08,520 She's not feeling good-pregnancy. 173 00:10:08,620 --> 00:10:11,056 If you need to get home- 174 00:10:11,156 --> 00:10:13,592 no. This can't wait. It's too important. 175 00:10:13,692 --> 00:10:15,627 We're in New York 176 00:10:15,727 --> 00:10:17,163 guessing about what's happening. 177 00:10:17,263 --> 00:10:19,198 We don't know those companies. 178 00:10:19,298 --> 00:10:21,733 We only hear what they want us to. 179 00:10:21,833 --> 00:10:23,803 Companies go belly-up like northeast metals- 180 00:10:23,903 --> 00:10:25,570 general fasteners. Exactly. 181 00:10:25,670 --> 00:10:27,940 A guy in the field could've seen that coming. 182 00:10:28,040 --> 00:10:31,243 Let me go there. Get on the inside and report. 183 00:10:31,343 --> 00:10:32,711 How would you travel? 184 00:10:32,811 --> 00:10:35,447 As inconspicuously and as cheaply as possible. 185 00:10:35,547 --> 00:10:37,817 It's a great idea, right? 186 00:10:37,917 --> 00:10:39,318 A great idea. 187 00:10:39,418 --> 00:10:40,820 It's an interesting thought, 188 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:43,055 but it's a little too unorthodox for my blood. 189 00:10:43,155 --> 00:10:45,257 Thanks for thinking of me. I wish you luck. 190 00:10:45,357 --> 00:10:47,657 Ebby, give my best to your dad. 191 00:10:48,760 --> 00:10:50,462 Hey, wait a minute. 192 00:10:50,562 --> 00:10:52,731 Bill. 193 00:10:52,831 --> 00:10:53,964 Frank! 194 00:11:02,474 --> 00:11:05,444 What's the matter? Why didn't you bore in? 195 00:11:05,544 --> 00:11:06,946 To hell with that guy. To hell with all of them. 196 00:11:07,046 --> 00:11:08,480 If they don't have the eyes to see, 197 00:11:08,580 --> 00:11:11,550 they can roast in their own fat. 198 00:11:11,650 --> 00:11:13,252 I'll show them all. 199 00:11:13,352 --> 00:11:14,453 Hey, pat. 200 00:11:14,553 --> 00:11:15,620 Yeah? 201 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:16,788 Double. 202 00:11:16,888 --> 00:11:17,990 Yeah. Ebby? 203 00:11:18,090 --> 00:11:19,892 Yeah. Make it two. 204 00:12:13,611 --> 00:12:17,082 Nurse, I was told that Mrs. Wilson- 205 00:12:17,182 --> 00:12:19,618 Lois Wilson was on this floor. 206 00:12:19,718 --> 00:12:21,153 Are you a relative? 207 00:12:21,253 --> 00:12:23,253 Her husband. 208 00:12:24,622 --> 00:12:27,592 Mrs. Wilson's father- I mean Dr. Burnham- 209 00:12:27,692 --> 00:12:29,628 would like to see you before 210 00:12:29,728 --> 00:12:32,597 He assisted the surgeons and is still waiting. 211 00:12:32,697 --> 00:12:34,764 Please have a seat. I'll go get him. 212 00:12:56,321 --> 00:12:59,258 She had a hysterectomy. 213 00:12:59,358 --> 00:13:01,393 She would've bled to death waiting for you. 214 00:13:01,493 --> 00:13:04,329 I had to use force to bring her in. 215 00:13:04,429 --> 00:13:07,266 She's lost her uterus and fallopian tubes. 216 00:13:07,366 --> 00:13:09,434 The surgeons saved her ovaries. 217 00:13:09,534 --> 00:13:11,336 They don't expect any complications. 218 00:13:11,436 --> 00:13:13,536 Have you understood? 219 00:13:17,509 --> 00:13:21,311 That's all I have to say. You'll excuse me. 220 00:13:24,616 --> 00:13:27,117 Mr. Wilson? This way. 221 00:13:56,815 --> 00:13:59,082 Did you talk to father? 222 00:14:03,255 --> 00:14:07,090 No babies for meEver. 223 00:14:18,670 --> 00:14:20,236 I got drunk, lo. 224 00:14:22,740 --> 00:14:24,274 I didn't intend to. 225 00:14:26,611 --> 00:14:28,244 Or mean to. 226 00:14:29,514 --> 00:14:32,949 It never seems to matter what I tell myself. 227 00:14:35,954 --> 00:14:37,120 I start 228 00:14:40,025 --> 00:14:41,324 And then 229 00:14:42,560 --> 00:14:44,794 Oh, lo lo. 230 00:14:48,166 --> 00:14:50,602 Forgive me. 231 00:14:50,702 --> 00:14:52,104 I promise I'll never- 232 00:14:52,204 --> 00:14:53,738 shh, shh, shh. 233 00:14:53,838 --> 00:14:54,804 Shh. 234 00:15:03,382 --> 00:15:05,850 Let's get out of this, lo. 235 00:15:05,950 --> 00:15:08,951 Let's just get out and start over. 236 00:15:10,022 --> 00:15:12,457 I've got an idea. 237 00:15:12,557 --> 00:15:14,492 Frank Shaw turned me down, 238 00:15:14,592 --> 00:15:17,093 but I can prove him wrong. 239 00:15:20,165 --> 00:15:21,664 Trust me, lo. 240 00:15:25,270 --> 00:15:26,936 Will you trust me? 241 00:15:29,674 --> 00:15:31,357 I'm so sorry, lo. 242 00:16:28,967 --> 00:16:31,369 Bill: Thanks a lot. I really appreciate it. 243 00:16:31,469 --> 00:16:32,904 Great guy. Really talkative. 244 00:16:33,004 --> 00:16:35,440 He says they're building another 245 00:16:35,540 --> 00:16:36,975 generating facility across the river. 246 00:16:37,075 --> 00:16:40,011 The whole region will double in 10 years. 247 00:16:40,111 --> 00:16:42,046 The stock's a terrific buy. 248 00:16:42,146 --> 00:16:44,082 I'll wire Shaw the information. 249 00:16:44,182 --> 00:16:46,117 He'll change his tune. 250 00:16:46,217 --> 00:16:49,285 You're so good at getting people to open up. 251 00:16:57,428 --> 00:16:58,830 Oh, there, there. 252 00:16:58,930 --> 00:16:59,896 Ok. 253 00:17:03,568 --> 00:17:07,003 Ok. Now smile. Will you smile? 254 00:17:21,152 --> 00:17:24,288 Those frogs are noisy. 255 00:17:24,388 --> 00:17:26,157 Tell them we want to sleep. 256 00:17:26,257 --> 00:17:29,193 That's the way they make love. 257 00:17:29,293 --> 00:17:31,396 I like our way better. 258 00:17:31,496 --> 00:17:33,229 So do I. 259 00:17:42,707 --> 00:17:45,842 Can we just stay like this always? 260 00:17:47,012 --> 00:17:48,680 Even better, lo 261 00:17:48,780 --> 00:17:51,650 I'm going to buy you the world, 262 00:17:51,750 --> 00:17:56,521 have it tied up in beautiful ribbons just for you. 263 00:17:56,621 --> 00:17:58,557 I don't want the world. 264 00:17:58,657 --> 00:18:01,192 Just you and this 265 00:18:01,292 --> 00:18:02,625 Forever. 266 00:18:06,230 --> 00:18:08,700 Tell me again what the telegram said. 267 00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:11,603 Well, I'm glad you asked. Good work, Bill. 268 00:18:11,703 --> 00:18:13,772 Excellent report Portland cement. 269 00:18:13,872 --> 00:18:16,307 Holding bonus stock certificates for you. 270 00:18:16,407 --> 00:18:19,377 Want you to investigate company called general electric. 271 00:18:19,477 --> 00:18:21,811 Welcome to the payroll. 272 00:18:22,947 --> 00:18:24,113 Frank Shaw. 273 00:18:26,517 --> 00:18:27,919 I'm sorry, Mr. Wilson. 274 00:18:28,019 --> 00:18:30,488 I wish there was more we could tell you, 275 00:18:30,588 --> 00:18:32,490 but, well, general electric 276 00:18:32,590 --> 00:18:35,026 is in a very competitive industry. 277 00:18:35,126 --> 00:18:37,062 What about a plant tour? 278 00:18:37,162 --> 00:18:39,097 That's out of the question. All our manufacturing, 279 00:18:39,197 --> 00:18:41,466 especially our research and development, 280 00:18:41,566 --> 00:18:43,068 are off-limits. 281 00:18:43,168 --> 00:18:46,435 However, I do have brochures I can show you. 282 00:18:47,872 --> 00:18:50,308 It was the first day on the job. 283 00:18:50,408 --> 00:18:52,844 I didn't know they'd do that. 284 00:18:52,944 --> 00:18:55,379 Bill here works for Thomas Edison. 285 00:18:55,479 --> 00:18:56,581 Where? 286 00:18:56,681 --> 00:18:57,749 New York. 287 00:18:57,849 --> 00:18:59,784 We're working on amazing things. 288 00:18:59,884 --> 00:19:01,620 Well, so are we. 289 00:19:01,720 --> 00:19:04,188 All three of us work at the g.E. Research plant. 290 00:19:04,288 --> 00:19:06,190 So Wade was telling me. All due respect, 291 00:19:06,290 --> 00:19:09,260 I don't think a company on earth could match 292 00:19:09,360 --> 00:19:10,795 Edison's technological advances. Amazing. 293 00:19:10,895 --> 00:19:12,831 You couldn't be more wrong. 294 00:19:12,931 --> 00:19:15,834 Let's take this New York refugee 295 00:19:15,934 --> 00:19:17,568 and show him stuff that'll make his eyes pop. 296 00:19:17,668 --> 00:19:20,571 I like that. Refugee. Ok. Sure. 297 00:19:20,671 --> 00:19:22,140 Come on. 298 00:19:22,240 --> 00:19:23,642 Lois! 299 00:19:23,742 --> 00:19:25,407 I did it! 300 00:19:28,113 --> 00:19:29,712 Lois, I did it! 301 00:19:30,982 --> 00:19:33,051 Lois! Lois! 302 00:19:33,151 --> 00:19:34,585 You won't believe th- 303 00:19:34,685 --> 00:19:36,655 a knife? What's the matter? 304 00:19:36,755 --> 00:19:38,189 I've been so frightened. 305 00:19:38,289 --> 00:19:40,224 I've been hearing noises all night. 306 00:19:40,324 --> 00:19:42,260 Oh, what's the matter? 307 00:19:42,360 --> 00:19:43,962 Bill, you've been drinking. 308 00:19:44,062 --> 00:19:46,297 No. You promised. 309 00:19:46,397 --> 00:19:48,833 Lo, a few beers to prime the pump. 310 00:19:48,933 --> 00:19:50,368 That's all, honest! Sweetheart, I'm fine. 311 00:19:50,468 --> 00:19:53,938 I can even whistle. 312 00:19:54,038 --> 00:19:55,473 It was only business, 313 00:19:55,573 --> 00:19:58,143 just to loosen some guys up. 314 00:19:58,243 --> 00:20:02,246 Lo, what I've seen tonight is incredible. 315 00:20:02,346 --> 00:20:04,716 It's an honest-to-god look into the future. 316 00:20:04,816 --> 00:20:07,251 Radios that can reach Canada, Europe. 317 00:20:07,351 --> 00:20:09,154 Moving pictures that can talk. 318 00:20:09,254 --> 00:20:11,122 A wireless so small 319 00:20:11,222 --> 00:20:13,758 you could fit two or three in this tent. 320 00:20:13,858 --> 00:20:15,493 New electric appliances, 321 00:20:15,593 --> 00:20:17,696 and, god, what they're developing- 322 00:20:17,796 --> 00:20:18,863 it's unbelievable. 323 00:20:18,963 --> 00:20:20,899 Something great's happening in this country. 324 00:20:20,999 --> 00:20:23,868 I can feel it. I want to be a part of it. 325 00:20:23,968 --> 00:20:26,905 First thing tomorrow, I'll wire frank Shaw. 326 00:20:27,005 --> 00:20:30,041 I'll tell him buy, buy, buy. 327 00:20:30,141 --> 00:20:33,309 Honey, honey, we're on our way. 328 00:20:37,381 --> 00:20:39,467 And said, mister, if I could do that, 329 00:20:39,567 --> 00:20:40,501 I'd be babe Ruth. 330 00:20:41,636 --> 00:20:43,269 Excuse me just for a second. 331 00:20:50,611 --> 00:20:53,215 Leonard, Dorothy, join the party. 332 00:20:53,315 --> 00:20:55,617 How's my darling sister? Hi. How are you? 333 00:20:55,717 --> 00:20:57,152 Lo, there's another doctor in the house. 334 00:20:57,252 --> 00:20:58,220 It's like a convention. 335 00:20:58,320 --> 00:21:00,488 I'll take this. Thanks. 336 00:21:00,588 --> 00:21:04,492 What a beautiful place. I had no idea. 337 00:21:04,592 --> 00:21:06,694 Told you the man's a wall street whiz kid. 338 00:21:06,794 --> 00:21:08,596 Didn't a Butler come with these digs? 339 00:21:08,696 --> 00:21:09,664 Gave him the night off. 340 00:21:09,764 --> 00:21:11,898 Come on in. Lo! Like a drink? 341 00:21:13,034 --> 00:21:14,035 Trust me on this, Leonard. 342 00:21:14,135 --> 00:21:16,404 Get your money out of those bonds. 343 00:21:16,504 --> 00:21:18,406 They're going nowhere. 344 00:21:18,506 --> 00:21:20,408 Let me put you into stocks. 345 00:21:20,508 --> 00:21:21,442 It's 1929. 346 00:21:21,542 --> 00:21:24,312 Stocks is where everyone should be. 347 00:21:24,412 --> 00:21:25,881 Bill, I get nervous. 348 00:21:25,981 --> 00:21:26,882 Have I been wrong yet? 349 00:21:26,982 --> 00:21:28,049 I guess not. 350 00:21:28,149 --> 00:21:29,550 Then give me $20,000. 351 00:21:29,650 --> 00:21:32,587 I'll put it into $200,000 352 00:21:32,687 --> 00:21:33,688 of penick and Ford on margin. 353 00:21:33,788 --> 00:21:34,823 You'll be a millionaire 354 00:21:34,923 --> 00:21:36,691 before Dr. Burnham can yank out 355 00:21:36,791 --> 00:21:38,193 another appendix. Ha ha! 356 00:21:38,293 --> 00:21:41,129 If he feels better keeping it diversified, 357 00:21:41,229 --> 00:21:42,864 let him have his peace of mind. 358 00:21:42,964 --> 00:21:43,899 No speculation here. 359 00:21:43,999 --> 00:21:45,700 I just don't want him to be a bum. 360 00:21:45,800 --> 00:21:47,867 I'd have to support him. 361 00:21:49,704 --> 00:21:52,640 More wine? Can't let a 1912 richelieu spoil. 362 00:21:52,740 --> 00:21:55,541 Can't stand on one leg, either. 363 00:21:57,178 --> 00:21:58,579 You know, Dr. B., 364 00:21:58,679 --> 00:22:01,082 you should visit the stock exchange someday. 365 00:22:01,182 --> 00:22:03,285 I could show you around. 366 00:22:03,385 --> 00:22:05,586 Not on your life. It's like a zoo- 367 00:22:05,686 --> 00:22:07,155 a bunch of wild animals 368 00:22:07,255 --> 00:22:10,258 all trying to get to the water hole. 369 00:22:10,358 --> 00:22:11,693 Four-hour-a-day, 370 00:22:11,793 --> 00:22:14,729 five-day-a-week parade of heart failures. 371 00:22:14,829 --> 00:22:17,330 You don't have to worry about my heart. Aah! 372 00:22:20,501 --> 00:22:22,570 My hands, yes. 373 00:22:22,670 --> 00:22:23,571 My 374 00:22:23,671 --> 00:22:25,138 My heart, no. 375 00:22:30,711 --> 00:22:33,114 Not everyone would try that trick 376 00:22:33,214 --> 00:22:35,083 with a 1912 richelieu. 377 00:22:35,183 --> 00:22:37,219 Well, it's getting late. 378 00:22:37,319 --> 00:22:40,053 I have patients to see in the morning. 379 00:22:42,490 --> 00:22:45,426 Bill's drinking is no longer a joke, Lois. 380 00:22:45,526 --> 00:22:47,963 I've talked to him, father. He's trying harder. 381 00:22:48,063 --> 00:22:50,866 Tonight he's just excited about everything, 382 00:22:50,966 --> 00:22:52,734 that's all, just celebrating. 383 00:22:52,834 --> 00:22:54,936 Now, don't you delude yourself. 384 00:22:55,036 --> 00:22:57,036 He should see a specialist. 385 00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:01,176 I could never tell him that. 386 00:23:01,276 --> 00:23:03,378 If he loves you, he'll do it. 387 00:23:03,478 --> 00:23:05,347 Dr. Silkworth at towns hospital 388 00:23:05,447 --> 00:23:08,316 specializes in people with drinking problems. 389 00:23:08,416 --> 00:23:11,351 Now, you call him before it's too late. 390 00:23:14,389 --> 00:23:15,924 All right. 391 00:23:16,024 --> 00:23:16,990 Hmm? 392 00:23:19,227 --> 00:23:21,696 How old are you, Mr. Wilson? 393 00:23:21,796 --> 00:23:23,198 34. 394 00:23:23,298 --> 00:23:25,298 When did you start drinking? 395 00:23:26,701 --> 00:23:28,436 Uh 396 00:23:28,536 --> 00:23:30,772 First, during the war. 397 00:23:30,872 --> 00:23:32,473 Made efforts to quit? 398 00:23:32,573 --> 00:23:33,741 Some. 399 00:23:33,841 --> 00:23:36,278 Ever have any memory loss, 400 00:23:36,378 --> 00:23:37,545 lapses? 401 00:23:37,645 --> 00:23:41,349 Uh, no, not that I can recall. 402 00:23:41,449 --> 00:23:43,385 Shakes, tremors? 403 00:23:43,485 --> 00:23:45,186 No. 404 00:23:45,286 --> 00:23:47,222 Numbness? 405 00:23:47,322 --> 00:23:48,523 No. 406 00:23:48,623 --> 00:23:51,059 Does it interfere with your job? 407 00:23:51,159 --> 00:23:54,129 I work for myself. I'm an investor. 408 00:23:54,229 --> 00:23:56,164 Does it interfere with that? 409 00:23:56,264 --> 00:23:58,199 Interfere? You don't understand, doctor. 410 00:23:58,299 --> 00:24:00,235 It's part of my business. 411 00:24:00,335 --> 00:24:03,771 I've made over half a million in two years. 412 00:24:03,871 --> 00:24:06,841 I've got a maid, radios in every room. 413 00:24:06,941 --> 00:24:08,709 I'll charge accordingly. 414 00:24:08,809 --> 00:24:10,812 I'm just answering your question. 415 00:24:10,912 --> 00:24:12,847 If drinking interfered with anything, 416 00:24:12,947 --> 00:24:15,150 I'd stop, wouldn't I? 417 00:24:15,250 --> 00:24:16,782 Your liver's enlarged. 418 00:24:18,486 --> 00:24:19,921 I beg your pardon? 419 00:24:20,021 --> 00:24:22,991 Your liver's somewhat enlarged. 420 00:24:23,091 --> 00:24:24,960 You can probably feel it 421 00:24:25,060 --> 00:24:26,127 when you tuck in your shirt. 422 00:24:26,227 --> 00:24:28,994 Here. I'll show you. 423 00:24:30,798 --> 00:24:32,533 Oh! 424 00:24:32,633 --> 00:24:35,186 Look, Nate, I know everybody's going crazy. 425 00:24:35,286 --> 00:24:37,255 It's just one of those days. 426 00:24:37,355 --> 00:24:39,090 How are my margins holding up? 427 00:24:39,190 --> 00:24:40,892 What about my penick and Ford? 428 00:24:40,992 --> 00:24:41,893 What did the doctor say? 429 00:24:41,993 --> 00:24:43,394 I'm on the phone! 430 00:24:43,494 --> 00:24:46,765 I just wanted to know if everything's all right. 431 00:24:46,865 --> 00:24:48,332 Yeah, Nate, sorry. 432 00:24:48,432 --> 00:24:51,970 Sell some of the Portland if you need to. 433 00:24:52,070 --> 00:24:54,973 Shore up my margin on penick and Ford. 434 00:24:55,073 --> 00:24:56,374 I gotta keep that baby going. Ok? Good. 435 00:24:56,474 --> 00:24:59,377 Good. I'll see you at Joe hirschorn's party. 436 00:24:59,477 --> 00:25:02,211 Ok. Good. Bye. 437 00:25:22,701 --> 00:25:25,403 Now can you tell me what the doctor said? 438 00:25:25,503 --> 00:25:28,339 I have some enlargement of my liver-minor. 439 00:25:28,439 --> 00:25:30,374 Did he prescribe any medication? 440 00:25:30,474 --> 00:25:32,911 He says I should stop drinking for a while. 441 00:25:33,011 --> 00:25:33,979 Oh, good. 442 00:25:35,213 --> 00:25:37,747 It's temporary. The liver repairs itself. 443 00:25:39,650 --> 00:25:41,452 I don't think so. 444 00:25:41,552 --> 00:25:42,487 Bill- 445 00:25:42,587 --> 00:25:44,022 Lois, lay off! 446 00:25:46,691 --> 00:25:47,659 Hello? 447 00:25:47,759 --> 00:25:49,193 Oh, Tom. Hi. 448 00:25:49,293 --> 00:25:51,730 Yeah, uh, can you hold on? 449 00:25:51,830 --> 00:25:53,331 Sweetheart, I'm sorry. 450 00:25:53,431 --> 00:25:57,335 Let me finish this call, and we'll talk about it. 451 00:25:57,435 --> 00:25:59,237 Hi, Tom. How are you? 452 00:25:59,337 --> 00:26:00,772 Uh, did Nate call? 453 00:26:00,872 --> 00:26:05,076 Well, uh, I got a great buy for you. 454 00:26:05,176 --> 00:26:07,145 The way the stock market's tumbling, 455 00:26:07,245 --> 00:26:09,614 I'm losing my confidence. What do you think? 456 00:26:09,714 --> 00:26:11,149 It's a temporary correction. 457 00:26:11,249 --> 00:26:14,119 See, the smart money looks into the future. 458 00:26:14,219 --> 00:26:16,154 The surface is a mirage. 459 00:26:16,254 --> 00:26:18,189 It's what's underneath that counts, 460 00:26:18,289 --> 00:26:19,724 a record budget surplus, 461 00:26:19,824 --> 00:26:22,260 a rising production rate, record profits. 462 00:26:22,360 --> 00:26:23,762 Yes, some stocks are overpriced, 463 00:26:23,862 --> 00:26:25,263 but they will correct. 464 00:26:25,363 --> 00:26:27,832 I'd be more cautious than that. 465 00:26:27,932 --> 00:26:29,333 Let's hope Bill's right. 466 00:26:29,433 --> 00:26:31,870 I'd like to drink to that. 467 00:26:31,970 --> 00:26:33,469 Oh, well, thank you. 468 00:26:35,874 --> 00:26:36,975 Hmm? 469 00:26:37,075 --> 00:26:39,010 After what the doctor said? 470 00:26:39,110 --> 00:26:40,545 That's wine, not booze. 471 00:26:40,645 --> 00:26:43,581 There are some people I need to see. 472 00:26:43,681 --> 00:26:45,181 I'll be back in a minute. 473 00:27:00,965 --> 00:27:04,002 Hi. I'm lottie rich. I live next door. 474 00:27:04,102 --> 00:27:05,636 Nice neighborhood. 475 00:27:05,736 --> 00:27:08,306 It'll do. And you? 476 00:27:08,406 --> 00:27:11,176 Bill Wilson, lowly stockbroker. 477 00:27:11,276 --> 00:27:13,477 Want some dessert? 478 00:27:13,577 --> 00:27:16,047 What did you have in mind? 479 00:27:16,147 --> 00:27:17,313 Champagne. 480 00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:23,855 Have you seen Bill? 481 00:27:23,955 --> 00:27:26,925 I think he was trying to sell the Petersons 482 00:27:27,025 --> 00:27:29,025 last time I saw him. 483 00:27:31,595 --> 00:27:33,031 When was that? 484 00:27:33,131 --> 00:27:34,797 Not too long ago. 485 00:28:08,366 --> 00:28:09,433 Bill: Hey! 486 00:28:09,533 --> 00:28:11,167 That's- look at 487 00:28:15,139 --> 00:28:16,305 Hah! 488 00:28:18,442 --> 00:28:19,944 Oh! Whoa! 489 00:28:20,044 --> 00:28:22,144 Oh! Ah! Oh! 490 00:28:23,281 --> 00:28:24,448 Oh! Ohh! 491 00:28:24,548 --> 00:28:26,751 You like it? Ohh! 492 00:28:26,851 --> 00:28:28,253 Bill! 493 00:28:28,353 --> 00:28:29,788 Oh! Ebby! 494 00:28:29,888 --> 00:28:31,322 Everybody's looking for you. 495 00:28:31,422 --> 00:28:32,824 Hey, look, pal. 496 00:28:32,924 --> 00:28:35,359 Hey, come on. Have a drink. 497 00:28:35,459 --> 00:28:36,360 No, no. 498 00:28:36,460 --> 00:28:38,396 This is lottie- jeez! Frank! 499 00:28:38,496 --> 00:28:39,430 Well 500 00:28:39,530 --> 00:28:40,431 Oh! Oh! 501 00:28:40,531 --> 00:28:41,966 What's going on here? 502 00:28:42,066 --> 00:28:44,002 Lottie wasn't feeling good, so- 503 00:28:44,102 --> 00:28:45,536 her husband's waiting upstairs 504 00:28:45,636 --> 00:28:47,038 to take her home. 505 00:28:47,138 --> 00:28:48,173 No! Stay. 506 00:28:48,273 --> 00:28:50,608 This isn't one of your dives. 507 00:28:50,708 --> 00:28:52,643 It's my dearest friend's home. 508 00:28:52,743 --> 00:28:54,679 Frank, we were just having a glass. 509 00:28:54,779 --> 00:28:56,714 Don't you have any self-respect 510 00:28:56,814 --> 00:28:58,249 or respect for me? Our reputation? 511 00:28:58,349 --> 00:29:00,285 Frank, if I wanted a lecture, 512 00:29:00,385 --> 00:29:03,521 i'd-I'd buy a professor. 513 00:29:03,621 --> 00:29:05,356 Frank, we can take care of all this. 514 00:29:05,456 --> 00:29:06,891 You bet we can. 515 00:29:06,991 --> 00:29:09,794 We're through, finished. 516 00:29:09,894 --> 00:29:12,297 I don't want a bum for a partner, 517 00:29:12,397 --> 00:29:14,065 not me. 518 00:29:14,165 --> 00:29:16,935 FFrank. Hey, frank! 519 00:29:17,035 --> 00:29:18,167 Frank! 520 00:29:38,389 --> 00:29:40,389 I'm so sorry, lo. 521 00:29:41,960 --> 00:29:45,461 I didn't think I could ever feel so ashamed 522 00:29:47,031 --> 00:29:49,334 So terribly humiliated. 523 00:29:49,434 --> 00:29:51,769 I know I've said it before, 524 00:29:51,869 --> 00:29:54,205 but I swear 525 00:29:54,305 --> 00:29:56,507 Lo, after tonight, I will never- 526 00:29:56,607 --> 00:29:59,110 stop it! I don't want to hear 527 00:29:59,210 --> 00:30:01,145 any more promises or apologies. 528 00:30:01,245 --> 00:30:03,181 I can't take this anymore, Bill. 529 00:30:03,281 --> 00:30:05,216 It's not just the drinking. 530 00:30:05,316 --> 00:30:06,751 It's simple, common decency. 531 00:30:06,851 --> 00:30:10,021 And when you've lost that, where does it end? 532 00:30:22,666 --> 00:30:24,735 Ebby! Hey! 533 00:30:24,835 --> 00:30:27,805 I can't reach frank. Where is he? 534 00:30:27,905 --> 00:30:29,307 How bad is it? 535 00:30:29,407 --> 00:30:30,908 Everybody's getting called in. 536 00:30:31,008 --> 00:30:33,710 Their margins are being closed all over town. 537 00:30:33,810 --> 00:30:34,878 Gotta get to a phone. 538 00:30:34,978 --> 00:30:36,180 Good luck. 539 00:30:36,280 --> 00:30:38,182 I'm not going down with everybody else. 540 00:30:38,282 --> 00:30:40,082 I can tell you that. 541 00:30:41,252 --> 00:30:43,687 Hey, Tom! I need a phone. 542 00:30:43,787 --> 00:30:45,222 Can you help me? 543 00:30:45,322 --> 00:30:46,757 They're all tied up. 544 00:30:46,857 --> 00:30:48,259 You must have something. 545 00:30:48,359 --> 00:30:49,660 Use the one in the back room. 546 00:30:49,760 --> 00:30:52,761 Great. Thanks. I won't forget. 547 00:30:55,332 --> 00:30:56,465 Excuse me. 548 00:31:16,954 --> 00:31:18,956 Oh, damn. 549 00:31:19,056 --> 00:31:20,222 Aha! 550 00:31:23,794 --> 00:31:28,099 Operator, yes, give me bowling green 0075, please. 551 00:31:28,199 --> 00:31:29,266 Mr. Wilson? 552 00:31:29,366 --> 00:31:30,801 Hold on. Yes? 553 00:31:30,901 --> 00:31:32,836 Oh, thanks. 554 00:31:32,936 --> 00:31:34,005 Hello? 555 00:31:34,105 --> 00:31:35,873 Oh, Nate, good man. Right where I need you. 556 00:31:35,973 --> 00:31:40,277 Where's Shaw? Huh? Thank you. Uh-huh. 557 00:31:40,377 --> 00:31:43,078 How bad is it? Uh-huh. 558 00:31:44,615 --> 00:31:46,550 So what can we salvage? 559 00:31:46,650 --> 00:31:48,085 Uh-huh. Ok, listen. 560 00:31:48,185 --> 00:31:50,621 Dump the Portland and the g.E. 561 00:31:50,721 --> 00:31:52,623 Sell Emerson only if you have to. 562 00:31:52,723 --> 00:31:54,992 Please tell dink to stop pushing it so hard. 563 00:31:55,092 --> 00:31:57,959 Yeah. You're a good man. Bye. 564 00:31:59,029 --> 00:32:01,096 Oh, man, it's hot in here. 565 00:32:03,100 --> 00:32:05,369 Sid, hi. Bill Wilson. 566 00:32:05,469 --> 00:32:07,804 Yeah, boy, I know. 567 00:32:07,904 --> 00:32:09,373 Well, there's always a port in a storm, 568 00:32:09,473 --> 00:32:12,309 and have I got one- penick and Ford. 569 00:32:12,409 --> 00:32:14,345 It's a safe bet. Solid. 570 00:32:14,445 --> 00:32:16,514 Solid as a rock. 571 00:32:16,614 --> 00:32:17,781 Yeah, well 572 00:32:17,881 --> 00:32:18,982 Yeah. Sure. 573 00:32:19,082 --> 00:32:20,518 Hey, no problem, sid. 574 00:32:20,618 --> 00:32:22,486 Yeah. Next time. Right. 575 00:32:22,586 --> 00:32:24,055 God damn! 576 00:32:24,155 --> 00:32:25,589 I called everywhere, ebby. 577 00:32:25,689 --> 00:32:28,259 No one's seen him at all. 578 00:32:28,359 --> 00:32:29,760 He was here before. 579 00:32:29,860 --> 00:32:33,230 He looked as crazy as everyone else around here, 580 00:32:33,330 --> 00:32:35,564 but he's gone now. 581 00:32:38,302 --> 00:32:40,671 You are not notifying me, dink! 582 00:32:40,771 --> 00:32:43,805 But Nate said we have a couple of hours. 583 00:32:45,008 --> 00:32:47,010 He said two or three hours! 584 00:32:47,110 --> 00:32:48,546 No, you're not! 585 00:32:48,646 --> 00:32:51,680 Dink, you're- hello? Din- 586 00:33:04,628 --> 00:33:06,763 Yes, who is it? 587 00:33:06,863 --> 00:33:09,467 This is your landlord, Mrs. Wilson. 588 00:33:09,567 --> 00:33:10,667 Bill, honey? 589 00:33:10,767 --> 00:33:12,503 Bill, come up. Please. 590 00:33:12,603 --> 00:33:14,538 I said it's your landlord. 591 00:33:14,638 --> 00:33:17,108 I have bad news for you. 592 00:33:17,208 --> 00:33:18,642 You're being dispossessed 593 00:33:18,742 --> 00:33:20,677 the first of the month. 594 00:33:20,777 --> 00:33:21,979 It's over! 595 00:33:22,079 --> 00:33:24,215 Bill? 596 00:33:24,315 --> 00:33:26,283 You hear me? It's over! 597 00:33:28,885 --> 00:33:29,884 Bill! 598 00:33:40,764 --> 00:33:41,732 Bill! 599 00:33:41,832 --> 00:33:43,900 Bill, come back. Please! 600 00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:46,870 Please come back! 601 00:33:46,970 --> 00:33:48,704 Bill! 602 00:33:53,510 --> 00:33:55,544 Bill! 603 00:34:09,059 --> 00:34:11,193 Come on, old-timer, watch your step. 604 00:34:15,499 --> 00:34:16,932 Get in. 605 00:34:28,412 --> 00:34:30,612 I'll go in first, ok? 606 00:34:32,816 --> 00:34:34,218 Remember, it's only temporary, 607 00:34:34,318 --> 00:34:37,221 until you can get back on your feet 608 00:34:37,321 --> 00:34:38,787 And get well. 609 00:35:13,324 --> 00:35:15,292 We both appreciate this, father. 610 00:35:15,392 --> 00:35:18,729 And there won't be any problems, I promise. 611 00:35:18,829 --> 00:35:21,232 Only I know it's difficult to understand 612 00:35:21,332 --> 00:35:24,401 that he's still drinking, but he keeps trying. 613 00:35:24,501 --> 00:35:25,903 He really does. 614 00:35:26,003 --> 00:35:27,905 Oh. Trying, my god. 615 00:35:28,005 --> 00:35:30,174 A little spunk, that's all it takes. 616 00:35:30,274 --> 00:35:33,410 Ii keep alcohol in the back office. 617 00:35:33,510 --> 00:35:35,412 Should I lock it up? 618 00:35:35,512 --> 00:35:38,480 Yes, but it won't make any difference. 619 00:35:39,850 --> 00:35:43,687 Lois, why do you put up with it? 620 00:35:43,787 --> 00:35:47,591 Because I see things in him that he can't see in himself, 621 00:35:47,691 --> 00:35:48,893 wonderful things. 622 00:35:48,993 --> 00:35:51,929 He wants to stop, and I want to help. 623 00:35:52,029 --> 00:35:53,764 But you have tried and you have tried. 624 00:35:53,864 --> 00:35:55,297 Just how much longer? 625 00:36:02,039 --> 00:36:04,909 Well, if we can just find Adele. 626 00:36:05,009 --> 00:36:06,174 Good morning. 627 00:36:09,046 --> 00:36:10,778 Ah, here she is. 628 00:36:13,417 --> 00:36:14,851 Good morning, Adele. 629 00:36:14,951 --> 00:36:16,353 This is Lois. Lois Wilson. 630 00:36:16,453 --> 00:36:18,222 It's good to meet you. 631 00:36:18,322 --> 00:36:20,557 Adele gentry manages our children's wear. 632 00:36:20,657 --> 00:36:22,592 She'll show you the ropes. 633 00:36:22,692 --> 00:36:24,061 Any more questions, 634 00:36:24,161 --> 00:36:25,930 you know where to find me. 635 00:36:26,030 --> 00:36:28,232 And remember, it's guy, not Mr. Kolb. 636 00:36:28,332 --> 00:36:29,564 Thank you. 637 00:36:31,568 --> 00:36:33,103 He's a nice friendly executive. 638 00:36:33,203 --> 00:36:34,671 Mmm. Real nice. 639 00:36:34,771 --> 00:36:38,240 Just keep your girdle on and your collar buttoned. 640 00:37:00,164 --> 00:37:01,565 Look at this. 641 00:37:01,665 --> 00:37:03,600 Oh Oh, what a mess. 642 00:37:03,700 --> 00:37:05,102 Look at this. 643 00:37:05,202 --> 00:37:06,603 I can't believe 644 00:37:06,703 --> 00:37:08,439 Trying to get my hat. 645 00:37:08,539 --> 00:37:09,606 It's ok. 646 00:37:09,706 --> 00:37:11,641 Trying to get my hat. 647 00:37:11,741 --> 00:37:13,143 Let's get him upstairs. 648 00:37:13,243 --> 00:37:15,012 I have something that will help him. 649 00:37:15,112 --> 00:37:18,182 You big palooka. Stop, ugh. 650 00:37:18,282 --> 00:37:19,716 Lois-oh, god. 651 00:37:19,816 --> 00:37:21,218 I love you. 652 00:37:21,318 --> 00:37:23,620 I don't care about anything except you. 653 00:37:23,720 --> 00:37:25,755 Please, get out of this now. 654 00:37:25,855 --> 00:37:27,791 This will quiet him down. 655 00:37:27,891 --> 00:37:29,793 You don't deserve it. Just get out. 656 00:37:29,893 --> 00:37:31,295 Get away from me. 657 00:37:31,395 --> 00:37:33,663 Just get away from it all. 658 00:37:33,763 --> 00:37:35,966 He's right, darling. Get out of this now. 659 00:37:36,066 --> 00:37:37,201 For your own good. 660 00:37:37,301 --> 00:37:38,535 You can't help him anymore. 661 00:37:38,635 --> 00:37:40,070 Lois, don't leave me. 662 00:37:40,170 --> 00:37:43,105 I need you. Don't leave me, please. 663 00:37:48,479 --> 00:37:51,214 Father moved out when mother died, 664 00:37:51,314 --> 00:37:54,317 and it's just gotten more difficult to manage. 665 00:37:54,417 --> 00:37:56,319 So you'd like a raise. 666 00:37:56,419 --> 00:37:57,855 Just a small increase. 667 00:37:57,955 --> 00:38:01,892 You've been here what, a year and a half now? 668 00:38:01,992 --> 00:38:04,762 You're the most cheerful person on the floor, 669 00:38:04,862 --> 00:38:07,498 and you go home every night to a drunk. 670 00:38:07,598 --> 00:38:09,800 I had no idea. 671 00:38:09,900 --> 00:38:11,502 I just wanted you to know why 672 00:38:11,602 --> 00:38:13,537 Does he ever sober up? 673 00:38:13,637 --> 00:38:15,506 He's sober now. 674 00:38:15,606 --> 00:38:18,041 He goes a whole month sometimes. 675 00:38:18,141 --> 00:38:20,143 A woman like you shouldn't have 676 00:38:20,243 --> 00:38:21,712 to measure out her life like that. 677 00:38:21,812 --> 00:38:22,746 Want my advice? 678 00:38:22,846 --> 00:38:24,581 You chain that guy to a radiator. 679 00:38:24,681 --> 00:38:27,117 Go out and have some fun. 680 00:38:27,217 --> 00:38:30,218 How about some dinner? Maybe a little dancing? 681 00:38:31,855 --> 00:38:33,824 I just asked you for a raise. That's all. 682 00:38:33,924 --> 00:38:37,091 If I can't have it, just say so. 683 00:38:47,971 --> 00:38:49,440 Bill. 684 00:38:49,540 --> 00:38:51,039 How are you? 685 00:38:52,075 --> 00:38:53,477 It's a struggle, frank, 686 00:38:53,577 --> 00:38:55,178 but we're making it. 687 00:38:55,278 --> 00:38:58,248 That about describes all of us these days. 688 00:38:58,348 --> 00:39:01,249 So, what can I do for you? 689 00:39:03,020 --> 00:39:05,322 I got another winner for you, frank. 690 00:39:05,422 --> 00:39:07,958 I got a really big winner. 691 00:39:08,058 --> 00:39:09,292 It's 692 00:39:09,392 --> 00:39:10,828 A company in New Jersey. 693 00:39:10,928 --> 00:39:13,330 I made some notes on it. 694 00:39:13,430 --> 00:39:15,196 It's a real steal. 695 00:39:18,602 --> 00:39:20,036 Seems interesting. Uh 696 00:39:20,136 --> 00:39:21,538 It's a good one. 697 00:39:21,638 --> 00:39:24,708 Look, Bill, here's a small advance 698 00:39:24,808 --> 00:39:28,078 until I have time, to study it further. 699 00:39:28,178 --> 00:39:29,480 Don't worry, frank. 700 00:39:29,580 --> 00:39:32,983 I'll trust you for the balance. 701 00:39:33,083 --> 00:39:35,385 Well, I'm sorry. I've got to run. 702 00:39:35,485 --> 00:39:37,721 I've got people in the office. 703 00:39:37,821 --> 00:39:39,255 No problem, Frankie. 704 00:39:39,355 --> 00:39:40,488 Frank 705 00:39:41,692 --> 00:39:43,892 You'll- you'll like this. 706 00:39:53,804 --> 00:39:55,372 Psst. 707 00:39:55,472 --> 00:39:56,437 Psst. 708 00:39:57,507 --> 00:39:58,940 Psst. 709 00:40:00,043 --> 00:40:01,142 Psst. 710 00:40:09,519 --> 00:40:11,622 Lo? 711 00:40:11,722 --> 00:40:12,856 Where are you going? 712 00:40:12,956 --> 00:40:15,191 You have to leave. I'm working. 713 00:40:15,291 --> 00:40:16,727 Not anymore you're not. 714 00:40:16,827 --> 00:40:18,228 Here, look at this. 715 00:40:18,328 --> 00:40:20,063 Look, uh 716 00:40:20,163 --> 00:40:22,365 Please, be quiet. 717 00:40:22,465 --> 00:40:23,767 We need someone from security 718 00:40:23,867 --> 00:40:25,301 in the children's department. 719 00:40:25,401 --> 00:40:29,305 We can get out of here, you can pack it in. 720 00:40:29,405 --> 00:40:31,141 What are you talking about? 721 00:40:31,241 --> 00:40:32,809 I can't quit. 722 00:40:32,909 --> 00:40:34,511 Come on. This way. 723 00:40:34,611 --> 00:40:35,546 Why-why not? 724 00:40:35,646 --> 00:40:36,713 Why not? 725 00:40:36,813 --> 00:40:38,549 May I help you, sir? 726 00:40:38,649 --> 00:40:41,018 I'm talking to my wife. 727 00:40:41,118 --> 00:40:43,554 Get your hands off me! 728 00:40:43,654 --> 00:40:44,619 Bill! 729 00:40:48,558 --> 00:40:51,826 Oh, my god! 730 00:40:55,431 --> 00:40:58,268 You grab his head, I'll take his nose. 731 00:40:58,368 --> 00:40:59,870 It's paraldehyde, buddy boy. 732 00:40:59,970 --> 00:41:01,905 Come on. Down the hatch. 733 00:41:02,005 --> 00:41:05,075 It will stop the shakes. 734 00:41:05,175 --> 00:41:06,443 How is he, Dr. Silkworth? 735 00:41:06,543 --> 00:41:10,113 The contusions and bruises will heal. 736 00:41:10,213 --> 00:41:12,482 It's the other condition that alarms me. 737 00:41:12,582 --> 00:41:13,650 Condition? 738 00:41:13,750 --> 00:41:15,185 His liver isn't cirrhotic, 739 00:41:15,285 --> 00:41:16,687 but it's badly swollen. 740 00:41:16,787 --> 00:41:18,221 He's in the early stages 741 00:41:18,321 --> 00:41:21,558 of delirium tremens, the shakes, 742 00:41:21,658 --> 00:41:23,093 and quite possibly 743 00:41:23,193 --> 00:41:25,062 he may have some brain damage. 744 00:41:25,162 --> 00:41:27,097 Brain damage. Oh, my god. 745 00:41:27,197 --> 00:41:29,600 I've seen a lot of men like Bill. 746 00:41:29,700 --> 00:41:31,468 I've got a theory 747 00:41:31,568 --> 00:41:34,471 not too popular with my fellow doctors. 748 00:41:34,571 --> 00:41:36,473 Excessive drinking is a disease, 749 00:41:36,573 --> 00:41:39,076 an allergic addiction. It's got nothing to do 750 00:41:39,176 --> 00:41:42,012 with a lack of willpower or moral fiber. 751 00:41:42,112 --> 00:41:45,048 Some people can't be temperate drinkers. 752 00:41:45,148 --> 00:41:46,549 I told this to Bill. 753 00:41:46,649 --> 00:41:49,019 What good is knowing it if he can't stop? 754 00:41:49,119 --> 00:41:51,088 I know, but he has to. 755 00:41:51,188 --> 00:41:53,123 Otherwise, you're going to have to confine him, 756 00:41:53,223 --> 00:41:57,995 lock him up someplace, if he's to stay sane or alive. 757 00:41:58,095 --> 00:42:00,995 The way he's going, he can't last the year. 758 00:42:25,855 --> 00:42:27,489 I'm glad you're home. 759 00:42:30,227 --> 00:42:31,693 How are you feeling? 760 00:42:33,263 --> 00:42:34,729 All right, I guess. 761 00:42:40,304 --> 00:42:42,003 Can I ask you something? 762 00:42:45,275 --> 00:42:48,710 I guess I've been afraid. 763 00:42:50,614 --> 00:42:53,717 Does it have anything to do with me? 764 00:42:53,817 --> 00:42:55,150 Your drinking? 765 00:42:56,320 --> 00:42:59,256 No. 766 00:42:59,356 --> 00:43:01,022 It's not you. 767 00:43:03,059 --> 00:43:04,359 It's me. 768 00:43:05,762 --> 00:43:08,065 Why? 769 00:43:08,165 --> 00:43:10,334 Why do you do it to yourself? 770 00:43:10,434 --> 00:43:12,836 I've been standing here all afternoon 771 00:43:12,936 --> 00:43:15,439 asking myself the same question. 772 00:43:15,539 --> 00:43:17,005 Why? 773 00:43:19,309 --> 00:43:21,512 I look out the window, and I watch 774 00:43:21,612 --> 00:43:24,014 all the normal people walking by. 775 00:43:24,114 --> 00:43:26,083 It's funny, I don't think 776 00:43:26,183 --> 00:43:29,186 I've ever felt really normal all my life, 777 00:43:29,286 --> 00:43:31,755 I mean, like other people. 778 00:43:31,855 --> 00:43:34,258 I feel differently somehow, 779 00:43:34,358 --> 00:43:36,824 like I don't quite measure up. 780 00:43:38,728 --> 00:43:42,166 Ever since I can remember I've had this feeling 781 00:43:42,266 --> 00:43:45,567 Deep down in my gut. Scared. 782 00:43:47,804 --> 00:43:51,841 I see people Laughing. 783 00:43:51,941 --> 00:43:53,975 At ease with each other. 784 00:43:55,379 --> 00:43:57,714 I'm on the outside looking in, 785 00:43:57,814 --> 00:44:01,251 afraid maybe that I won't be accepted. 786 00:44:01,351 --> 00:44:02,686 And then 787 00:44:02,786 --> 00:44:05,253 Overseas, I found that a drink 788 00:44:07,257 --> 00:44:10,160 A few drinks makes me feel comfortable, 789 00:44:10,260 --> 00:44:12,760 like I always want to feel. 790 00:44:14,464 --> 00:44:17,033 It gives me courage 791 00:44:17,133 --> 00:44:20,835 To be with people, do things. 792 00:44:24,040 --> 00:44:26,575 To dream. 793 00:44:28,078 --> 00:44:30,481 The money, the success, the respect, 794 00:44:30,581 --> 00:44:32,516 it was all good for a while, 795 00:44:32,616 --> 00:44:35,419 but it never seems enough. 796 00:44:35,519 --> 00:44:39,055 I always want doubles of everything 797 00:44:39,155 --> 00:44:42,990 to make me feel alive, worthwhile inside. 798 00:44:47,731 --> 00:44:49,897 But then 799 00:44:51,101 --> 00:44:53,703 That all began to slip away. 800 00:44:53,803 --> 00:44:55,437 I feel cheated. 801 00:44:57,173 --> 00:45:00,244 Angry. Always so full of fear, 802 00:45:00,344 --> 00:45:03,413 so I drinkMore 803 00:45:03,513 --> 00:45:06,450 And it makes it ok for a while. 804 00:45:06,550 --> 00:45:09,486 I convince myself that things will turn around, tomorrow, 805 00:45:09,586 --> 00:45:11,988 soon, that I'll make it all up for you, 806 00:45:12,088 --> 00:45:16,026 but it only gets worse. 807 00:45:16,126 --> 00:45:17,792 I 808 00:45:20,864 --> 00:45:24,301 I keep promising you, others, myself, 809 00:45:24,401 --> 00:45:26,470 that's it, no more, going on the wagon. 810 00:45:26,570 --> 00:45:28,539 That's it! 811 00:45:28,639 --> 00:45:31,575 And I think I mean it, but 812 00:45:31,675 --> 00:45:33,508 But the guilt 813 00:45:35,245 --> 00:45:37,847 And the depression 814 00:45:37,947 --> 00:45:40,384 I can't look in a mirror 815 00:45:40,484 --> 00:45:43,451 Orat you. 816 00:45:44,721 --> 00:45:46,790 Especially you. 817 00:45:46,890 --> 00:45:49,223 Especially at you. 818 00:45:51,261 --> 00:45:55,163 I've stopped believing in everything. 819 00:45:57,567 --> 00:45:59,534 People 820 00:46:01,805 --> 00:46:03,139 God 821 00:46:03,239 --> 00:46:05,473 Mysel-myself. 822 00:46:10,580 --> 00:46:13,049 I know it sounds insane, Lois, 823 00:46:13,149 --> 00:46:15,983 but in spite of all this 824 00:46:17,721 --> 00:46:21,858 What I want right now more than anything else 825 00:46:21,958 --> 00:46:23,758 is another drink. 826 00:46:55,208 --> 00:46:57,678 Have a seat. Mr. Partlin will be right with you. 827 00:46:57,778 --> 00:46:59,077 Thank you. 828 00:47:10,323 --> 00:47:12,425 I'm sorry I'm late. 829 00:47:12,525 --> 00:47:14,594 Thank you for coming. 830 00:47:14,694 --> 00:47:17,597 I don't think I could do this alone. 831 00:47:17,697 --> 00:47:21,601 I had no idea things had gotten this bad, Lois. 832 00:47:21,701 --> 00:47:26,606 When I stopped by to see you at the store last week 833 00:47:26,706 --> 00:47:29,576 You know I'd do anything for Bill 834 00:47:29,676 --> 00:47:31,778 And you. 835 00:47:31,878 --> 00:47:34,312 I only wish it wasn't this. 836 00:47:37,117 --> 00:47:40,087 I almost wound up in a place like this. 837 00:47:40,187 --> 00:47:41,822 You look so much better. 838 00:47:41,922 --> 00:47:43,656 How long have you been sober? 839 00:47:43,756 --> 00:47:45,258 Almost four months. 840 00:47:45,358 --> 00:47:48,359 What's your secret? How did you do it? 841 00:47:50,763 --> 00:47:52,099 I got religion. 842 00:47:52,199 --> 00:47:53,499 Mrs. Wilson? 843 00:47:53,599 --> 00:47:54,701 Yes. 844 00:47:54,801 --> 00:47:56,970 I'm Jeremy partlin, administrator of elmwood. 845 00:47:57,070 --> 00:47:58,105 Hello. 846 00:47:58,205 --> 00:48:00,373 This is Mr. Thatcher, a close friend of ours. 847 00:48:00,473 --> 00:48:02,743 May I show you our facilities? 848 00:48:02,843 --> 00:48:04,342 This way, please. 849 00:48:15,621 --> 00:48:17,157 Don't be alarmed, Mrs. Wilson. 850 00:48:17,257 --> 00:48:21,294 He's not in real pain. More imagined than physical. 851 00:48:21,394 --> 00:48:24,030 Here, we can tell the difference. 852 00:48:24,130 --> 00:48:27,300 Alcoholics They imagine things, 853 00:48:27,400 --> 00:48:29,469 see things, if you know what I mean. 854 00:48:29,569 --> 00:48:30,904 Dr. Silkworth tells me 855 00:48:31,004 --> 00:48:32,839 your husband has been drunk 856 00:48:32,939 --> 00:48:34,875 for more than three months. 857 00:48:34,975 --> 00:48:37,911 Does he still have bowel and bladder control? 858 00:48:38,011 --> 00:48:39,445 Yes, of course. He's not- 859 00:48:39,545 --> 00:48:40,981 yes, certainly, Mrs. Wilson, 860 00:48:41,081 --> 00:48:43,283 but we have to ask, you understand. 861 00:48:43,383 --> 00:48:45,518 I wanted to show you our sun room. 862 00:48:47,153 --> 00:48:50,123 The admitting office will answer your questions 863 00:48:50,223 --> 00:48:52,993 about the legal procedures for committing your husband. 864 00:48:53,093 --> 00:48:54,560 I hope I've helped. 865 00:48:54,660 --> 00:48:56,196 You have. Thank you. 866 00:48:56,296 --> 00:48:57,730 Please forgive me, 867 00:48:57,830 --> 00:49:00,267 but I have a patient to see. 868 00:49:00,367 --> 00:49:03,469 Oh, you'll have to leave the way we came in. 869 00:49:03,569 --> 00:49:05,236 These doors are locked. 870 00:49:07,974 --> 00:49:09,440 Oh, ebby. 871 00:49:10,777 --> 00:49:11,845 I know. 872 00:49:11,945 --> 00:49:14,281 I can't put him in here. 873 00:49:14,381 --> 00:49:16,283 If you've found something that works, 874 00:49:16,383 --> 00:49:18,384 you have to talk to him. 875 00:49:18,484 --> 00:49:19,886 One thing I've found, Lois, 876 00:49:19,986 --> 00:49:22,923 is you can't help somebody that doesn't want help. 877 00:49:23,023 --> 00:49:25,591 But you have to try. I know Bill wants it. 878 00:49:25,691 --> 00:49:28,059 Please talk to him. Please. 879 00:49:29,296 --> 00:49:30,530 I will. 880 00:49:30,630 --> 00:49:32,730 I'll give him a call. 881 00:50:03,796 --> 00:50:05,732 Ebby. 882 00:50:05,832 --> 00:50:07,234 Ebby, come in. 883 00:50:07,334 --> 00:50:08,268 Come in. 884 00:50:08,368 --> 00:50:10,303 Let me take your hat. 885 00:50:10,403 --> 00:50:11,804 Sorry. I was, uh 886 00:50:11,904 --> 00:50:15,342 Just getting dressed when you phoned. 887 00:50:15,442 --> 00:50:19,412 Oh, out of the blue. God! Ha! 888 00:50:19,512 --> 00:50:21,948 How you been, ebby? Huh? 889 00:50:22,048 --> 00:50:24,484 Why haven't we heard from you? 890 00:50:24,584 --> 00:50:27,020 I was in pretty bad shape. 891 00:50:27,120 --> 00:50:29,722 I guess didn't want anyone to see me 892 00:50:29,822 --> 00:50:30,757 Even you. 893 00:50:30,857 --> 00:50:33,626 Oh, a man on whom the sun never sets. 894 00:50:33,726 --> 00:50:36,727 Let's go get us a little pick-me-up. 895 00:50:38,664 --> 00:50:40,598 Boy. 896 00:50:42,168 --> 00:50:43,667 Sit down. 897 00:50:46,572 --> 00:50:50,074 We got a lot of catching up to do. 898 00:50:53,846 --> 00:50:55,313 Here we go. 899 00:50:56,383 --> 00:50:59,550 A little gin to clear the vision. 900 00:51:01,287 --> 00:51:03,223 No, thanks, Bill. 901 00:51:03,323 --> 00:51:05,258 Can't drink gin? 902 00:51:05,358 --> 00:51:07,961 I don't drink anything anymore. 903 00:51:08,061 --> 00:51:09,527 I gave it up. 904 00:51:14,300 --> 00:51:16,169 Come on, ebby. 905 00:51:16,269 --> 00:51:19,139 Come on. Just one little hooker. 906 00:51:19,239 --> 00:51:21,374 No. 907 00:51:21,474 --> 00:51:24,710 I found a way to stay sober, Bill. 908 00:51:24,810 --> 00:51:26,779 Well, here's a toast- 909 00:51:26,879 --> 00:51:28,748 to whatever it is you found 910 00:51:28,848 --> 00:51:32,350 And to old times, if that's ok with you. 911 00:51:36,222 --> 00:51:38,291 Bill 912 00:51:38,391 --> 00:51:40,260 Let me tell you about this- 913 00:51:40,360 --> 00:51:42,329 so what's this thing you found, ebby? 914 00:51:42,429 --> 00:51:44,628 Huh? Dame? 915 00:51:45,798 --> 00:51:47,733 No. 916 00:51:47,833 --> 00:51:51,104 Actually, it's a 917 00:51:51,204 --> 00:51:52,638 It's a form of religion. 918 00:51:52,738 --> 00:51:54,740 Oh, cripes. 919 00:51:54,840 --> 00:51:55,808 Well, I just finally threw in the towel. 920 00:51:55,908 --> 00:51:57,444 I hit bottom. 921 00:51:57,544 --> 00:51:59,544 I admitted I was licked. 922 00:52:01,681 --> 00:52:04,784 What brand of religion did you buy, ebby? 923 00:52:04,884 --> 00:52:06,786 It's no special brand. 924 00:52:06,886 --> 00:52:09,189 It's called the Oxford group. 925 00:52:09,289 --> 00:52:10,723 We have meetings. 926 00:52:10,823 --> 00:52:14,794 We try to be absolutely honest with ourselves. 927 00:52:14,894 --> 00:52:16,496 We pray. 928 00:52:16,596 --> 00:52:17,964 You pray? 929 00:52:18,064 --> 00:52:20,500 Yes, and we reach out to others. 930 00:52:20,600 --> 00:52:23,036 It keeps me sober and alive. 931 00:52:23,136 --> 00:52:25,238 You have to believe in something, Bill. 932 00:52:25,338 --> 00:52:27,638 I've talked to all those people. 933 00:52:30,042 --> 00:52:31,811 Ministers 934 00:52:31,911 --> 00:52:34,447 Priests 935 00:52:34,547 --> 00:52:36,983 I just can't swallow the way they peddle god. 936 00:52:37,083 --> 00:52:38,584 If you don't buy their god, 937 00:52:38,684 --> 00:52:39,719 then you choose your own. 938 00:52:39,819 --> 00:52:43,156 It begins by admitting that there's a power, 939 00:52:43,256 --> 00:52:44,724 whatever you want to call it, 940 00:52:44,824 --> 00:52:46,290 that's greater than ourselves. 941 00:52:48,194 --> 00:52:50,630 Now you listen to me, ebby. 942 00:52:50,730 --> 00:52:54,167 I know you're from an old family, 943 00:52:54,267 --> 00:52:55,701 but I didn't know 944 00:52:55,801 --> 00:52:59,770 you were on the guest list of the last supper. 945 00:53:09,282 --> 00:53:12,218 You might just think about it, Bill. 946 00:53:12,318 --> 00:53:13,784 That's all. 947 00:53:15,955 --> 00:53:16,920 Can't hurt. 948 00:53:22,995 --> 00:53:25,498 I know you 949 00:53:25,598 --> 00:53:27,532 I know you mean well, ebby. 950 00:53:34,641 --> 00:53:37,808 You stay in touch, ok? 951 00:53:45,251 --> 00:53:47,887 Bill 952 00:53:47,987 --> 00:53:50,356 If you ever need to talk 953 00:53:50,456 --> 00:53:51,822 Yeah. 954 00:55:42,151 --> 00:55:43,453 Bill? 955 00:55:43,553 --> 00:55:45,052 Are you home? 956 00:56:00,436 --> 00:56:02,136 Is that you in there? 957 00:56:04,874 --> 00:56:07,510 No. It's the crazy man you think you're gonna 958 00:56:07,610 --> 00:56:09,343 put away in some sanitarium. 959 00:56:10,947 --> 00:56:14,584 But but you're not going to. 960 00:56:14,684 --> 00:56:17,320 Not Bill Wilson, you're not. 961 00:56:17,420 --> 00:56:20,990 Justwho do you think you are, 962 00:56:21,090 --> 00:56:22,492 trying to play this game? 963 00:56:22,592 --> 00:56:23,993 Who am I? 964 00:56:24,093 --> 00:56:25,495 Who am I? 965 00:56:25,595 --> 00:56:27,997 Don't you even recognize me anymore? 966 00:56:28,097 --> 00:56:30,667 I'm Lois Burnham Wilson, 967 00:56:30,767 --> 00:56:34,471 the wife of a helpless, hopeless, drunken sot, 968 00:56:34,571 --> 00:56:35,672 a selfish, sick alcoholic 969 00:56:35,772 --> 00:56:38,174 who's kept me imprisoned 970 00:56:38,274 --> 00:56:39,642 in this dismal sanitarium 971 00:56:39,742 --> 00:56:41,243 for more years than I care to remember. 972 00:56:41,343 --> 00:56:44,246 Who am I? I am your nurse, 973 00:56:44,346 --> 00:56:46,349 your caretaker, your cleaning lady! 974 00:56:46,449 --> 00:56:48,751 When all I ever wanted to be was your wife. 975 00:56:48,851 --> 00:56:51,253 I let you drag me down with you, 976 00:56:51,353 --> 00:56:53,723 deprive me of love, warmth, friendship, 977 00:56:53,823 --> 00:56:56,258 even common decency! 978 00:56:56,358 --> 00:56:58,227 But I won't go on with it anymore. 979 00:56:58,327 --> 00:57:01,130 I can't! If you want to die, die! 980 00:57:01,230 --> 00:57:04,333 But I won't let you take me down with you. 981 00:57:04,433 --> 00:57:06,235 I want to live. 982 00:57:06,335 --> 00:57:08,204 I'm going to live. 983 00:57:08,304 --> 00:57:11,774 I'm-I'm going to live! 984 00:57:11,874 --> 00:57:13,340 I'm going to live. 985 00:57:14,477 --> 00:57:16,744 I'm not- I'm not crazy! 986 00:57:18,147 --> 00:57:20,249 Not going to put me away. 987 00:57:20,349 --> 00:57:21,818 I'm not crazy. 988 00:57:21,918 --> 00:57:24,086 I'm not crazy 989 00:57:24,186 --> 00:57:26,055 Not crazy. 990 00:57:26,155 --> 00:57:29,125 She's not going to put me away. 991 00:57:29,225 --> 00:57:30,259 God, man! 992 00:57:30,359 --> 00:57:33,429 Why don't you watch where you're going? 993 00:57:33,529 --> 00:57:34,729 You bum! 994 00:57:39,902 --> 00:57:41,838 Hey! Get out of the street! 995 00:57:41,938 --> 00:57:43,806 You want to get killed? 996 00:57:43,906 --> 00:57:45,808 What's the matter with you? 997 00:57:45,908 --> 00:57:49,510 You, too! You don't know what you're talking about! 998 00:57:53,049 --> 00:57:55,916 Hey. Hey, you ok, buddy? 999 00:58:58,181 --> 00:59:01,084 I want I want to 1000 00:59:01,184 --> 00:59:05,319 Ii need to 1001 00:59:07,190 --> 00:59:11,393 Ii want 1002 00:59:11,493 --> 00:59:13,730 Nono 1003 00:59:13,830 --> 00:59:16,296 Ohoh 1004 01:00:15,124 --> 01:00:16,492 Something happened. 1005 01:00:16,592 --> 01:00:18,492 What is it? 1006 01:00:23,900 --> 01:00:27,269 All I remember is 1007 01:00:27,369 --> 01:00:29,438 I was asleep 1008 01:00:29,538 --> 01:00:32,572 And yet I wasn't. 1009 01:00:35,211 --> 01:00:37,546 I had this terrible fear- 1010 01:00:37,646 --> 01:00:41,684 sense of dread- that I was 1011 01:00:41,784 --> 01:00:44,251 Going out of my mind, dying. 1012 01:00:46,022 --> 01:00:49,425 And yet I wouldn't let go 1013 01:00:49,525 --> 01:00:50,757 Couldn't. 1014 01:00:53,662 --> 01:00:55,629 And then 1015 01:00:57,233 --> 01:00:59,200 How do I explain this? 1016 01:01:02,771 --> 01:01:06,242 The room was filled with light 1017 01:01:06,342 --> 01:01:07,808 From out there. 1018 01:01:11,914 --> 01:01:13,914 And I was at peace. 1019 01:01:16,919 --> 01:01:20,721 A kind of comfort I have never known before. 1020 01:01:26,829 --> 01:01:29,296 And then the light was gone 1021 01:01:32,268 --> 01:01:34,735 But the peace still remained. 1022 01:01:39,475 --> 01:01:40,741 Dr. Silkworth 1023 01:01:43,379 --> 01:01:46,282 Tell me this is not another hallucination, 1024 01:01:46,382 --> 01:01:49,383 the condition of a damaged brain. 1025 01:01:52,088 --> 01:01:54,991 From the look of you, Bill, right now, 1026 01:01:55,091 --> 01:01:56,492 I'd say no. 1027 01:01:56,592 --> 01:02:00,196 But, well, I'm a man of science. 1028 01:02:00,296 --> 01:02:02,231 I don't pretend to understand 1029 01:02:02,331 --> 01:02:04,733 something like this. 1030 01:02:04,833 --> 01:02:09,272 Whatever happened, hang on to it. 1031 01:02:09,372 --> 01:02:12,973 It's so much better than what you had yesterday. 1032 01:02:25,754 --> 01:02:29,758 Ahhi know I keep saying it, Lois, 1033 01:02:29,858 --> 01:02:31,727 but I can't tell you how different I feel. 1034 01:02:31,827 --> 01:02:34,797 I can taste again and feel and smell. 1035 01:02:34,897 --> 01:02:37,466 I'm alive. Really alive. 1036 01:02:37,566 --> 01:02:38,667 I haven't felt this way in years. 1037 01:02:38,767 --> 01:02:40,469 You are different. I can tell. 1038 01:02:40,569 --> 01:02:41,604 I called ebby this morning and told him. 1039 01:02:41,704 --> 01:02:42,771 He understood. 1040 01:02:42,871 --> 01:02:45,774 He said in order to keep it, 1041 01:02:45,874 --> 01:02:47,275 I've got to share it. 1042 01:02:47,375 --> 01:02:49,077 Gave me a lot to think about. 1043 01:02:49,177 --> 01:02:50,579 Think about this. 1044 01:02:50,679 --> 01:02:52,646 What about this? Ha ha ha! 1045 01:02:55,183 --> 01:02:56,585 Watch your step. 1046 01:02:56,685 --> 01:02:59,054 A little soup sound good now? 1047 01:02:59,154 --> 01:03:01,287 I'm still dizzy. 1048 01:03:03,158 --> 01:03:06,529 Hey, ebby? Al? 1049 01:03:06,629 --> 01:03:09,364 Hey, fellas, this is monk. 1050 01:03:09,464 --> 01:03:11,099 He spent the past few days in bellevue. 1051 01:03:11,199 --> 01:03:12,568 He could use a good meal. 1052 01:03:12,668 --> 01:03:17,673 Take him in the kitchen. Make him feel at home, ok? 1053 01:03:17,773 --> 01:03:20,943 Eb? His teeth are in his left front pocket. 1054 01:03:21,043 --> 01:03:22,144 Where's Lois? 1055 01:03:22,244 --> 01:03:23,211 She's upstairs. 1056 01:03:23,311 --> 01:03:24,811 I think she's pretty done in. 1057 01:03:28,817 --> 01:03:30,283 You're not asleep yet. 1058 01:03:31,553 --> 01:03:33,923 Good. 1059 01:03:34,023 --> 01:03:35,789 Maybe we can talk a minute. 1060 01:03:37,292 --> 01:03:38,761 Bring home another convert? 1061 01:03:38,861 --> 01:03:41,296 Yeah. I think this one's serious 1062 01:03:41,396 --> 01:03:42,831 about not drinking, though. 1063 01:03:42,931 --> 01:03:45,968 He's been through the mill and back again. 1064 01:03:46,068 --> 01:03:51,040 That's kind of what I wanted to talk to you about, lo. 1065 01:03:51,140 --> 01:03:54,610 You still working and all and this added burden- 1066 01:03:54,710 --> 01:03:57,947 cooking and cleaning after all these guys I bring home. 1067 01:03:58,047 --> 01:04:01,984 I mean, it's a lot to ask, isn't it? 1068 01:04:02,084 --> 01:04:05,020 If it's what you really want to do 1069 01:04:05,120 --> 01:04:08,356 How am I ever going to make things up to you? 1070 01:04:08,456 --> 01:04:13,095 You keep giving, and I keep taking. 1071 01:04:13,195 --> 01:04:16,863 Maybemaybe someday. 1072 01:04:21,937 --> 01:04:24,607 I've been missing you, lo 1073 01:04:24,707 --> 01:04:28,041 Missing being near you. 1074 01:04:29,845 --> 01:04:31,344 I have, too. 1075 01:04:32,681 --> 01:04:34,583 Bill! Bill! 1076 01:04:34,683 --> 01:04:37,486 Bill, we need your help. That new guy's going berserk! 1077 01:04:37,586 --> 01:04:40,388 He's throwing things and threatening al. 1078 01:04:40,488 --> 01:04:43,558 I'll be right back. They need me, Lois. 1079 01:04:43,658 --> 01:04:46,629 Let them handle their own problem for once. 1080 01:04:46,729 --> 01:04:48,664 Go to your fool drunks. 1081 01:04:48,764 --> 01:04:51,765 I should know by now who comes first. 1082 01:05:00,408 --> 01:05:02,310 He's not the man you knew. 1083 01:05:02,410 --> 01:05:04,312 He feels he has a mission. 1084 01:05:04,412 --> 01:05:07,482 He finds drunks and tries to help them out. 1085 01:05:07,582 --> 01:05:08,951 He brings them home. 1086 01:05:09,051 --> 01:05:12,021 That can't be easy on you, Lois. 1087 01:05:12,121 --> 01:05:13,787 Well, especially not now. 1088 01:05:14,890 --> 01:05:16,525 Unfortunately, not one of them 1089 01:05:16,625 --> 01:05:20,896 has remained sober- except Bill, of course. 1090 01:05:20,996 --> 01:05:25,600 And, well, I think he's getting pretty depressed 1091 01:05:25,700 --> 01:05:27,102 about the whole thing. 1092 01:05:27,202 --> 01:05:28,637 How long's he sober now? 1093 01:05:28,737 --> 01:05:29,638 Five months. 1094 01:05:29,738 --> 01:05:32,808 That part must be great for you. 1095 01:05:32,908 --> 01:05:35,876 I mean, really being together again. 1096 01:05:36,945 --> 01:05:39,212 Yes, it's better, but 1097 01:05:40,448 --> 01:05:43,886 Oh, it's not him. It's me, too. 1098 01:05:43,986 --> 01:05:47,522 For years I prayed he would get sober. 1099 01:05:47,622 --> 01:05:50,159 And now it's not what I expected it would be. 1100 01:05:50,259 --> 01:05:52,527 Is he working? Does he need a job? 1101 01:05:52,627 --> 01:05:55,064 That's really why I came to see you. 1102 01:05:55,164 --> 01:05:57,599 I thought if we could resume our lives- 1103 01:05:57,699 --> 01:06:00,466 sort of a new beginning 1104 01:06:02,070 --> 01:06:04,006 Well, some investors I know 1105 01:06:04,106 --> 01:06:06,141 have a situation in akron. 1106 01:06:06,241 --> 01:06:09,211 Something Bill's good at- a proxy battle. 1107 01:06:09,311 --> 01:06:12,378 That sounds wonderful. Thank you. 1108 01:06:16,251 --> 01:06:18,687 Maybe if you tell me I'll understand. 1109 01:06:18,787 --> 01:06:20,589 I thought you'd be grateful for this chance. 1110 01:06:20,689 --> 01:06:22,457 It's a little late for gratitude, isn't it? 1111 01:06:22,557 --> 01:06:23,592 What do you mean? 1112 01:06:23,692 --> 01:06:27,429 My whole damn life! Zero. 1113 01:06:27,529 --> 01:06:30,498 Even these past five months- 1114 01:06:30,598 --> 01:06:32,034 hauling bums to salvation. 1115 01:06:32,134 --> 01:06:34,069 Where did it get me? 1116 01:06:34,169 --> 01:06:35,570 They're all still drunk. 1117 01:06:35,670 --> 01:06:36,605 And me? Well 1118 01:06:36,705 --> 01:06:39,274 It wasn't a bad thing to do. 1119 01:06:39,374 --> 01:06:41,309 What did it prove? 1120 01:06:41,409 --> 01:06:43,345 That you can stay sober. 1121 01:06:43,445 --> 01:06:44,880 Sober? What's sober? 1122 01:06:44,980 --> 01:06:49,718 All that proves is I'm still a drunk who doesn't drink. 1123 01:06:49,818 --> 01:06:51,553 Do I have another shirt? 1124 01:06:51,653 --> 01:06:53,588 One downstairs I haven't ironed. 1125 01:06:53,688 --> 01:06:56,125 Why don't you wait another day? 1126 01:06:56,225 --> 01:06:57,325 I can't wait another day! 1127 01:06:57,425 --> 01:06:59,862 The investors want me in akron tomorrow 1128 01:06:59,962 --> 01:07:01,930 for the proxy fight. 1129 01:07:02,030 --> 01:07:03,866 You're afraid I'll get drunk. 1130 01:07:03,966 --> 01:07:05,868 It's written all over your face. 1131 01:07:05,968 --> 01:07:07,502 Put your mind at rest. 1132 01:07:07,602 --> 01:07:09,271 I didn't say that. 1133 01:07:09,371 --> 01:07:11,173 Put your mind at rest! 1134 01:07:11,273 --> 01:07:13,375 I've had my last drink, Lois! 1135 01:07:13,475 --> 01:07:16,542 I'm not going back to itEver. 1136 01:07:24,403 --> 01:07:25,588 No. It's still going badly, frank. 1137 01:07:25,688 --> 01:07:27,623 I'm having trouble getting on the inside. 1138 01:07:27,723 --> 01:07:30,593 These akron steel folk are pretty conservative. 1139 01:07:30,693 --> 01:07:33,729 No, I can't say how much longer. 1140 01:07:33,829 --> 01:07:36,298 Oh, I'll give it a few more days, 1141 01:07:36,398 --> 01:07:39,001 but it doesn't look so hot right now. 1142 01:07:39,101 --> 01:07:42,137 Yeah. Ok. 1143 01:07:42,237 --> 01:07:44,106 Sure. 1144 01:07:44,206 --> 01:07:45,608 You, too, frank. 1145 01:07:45,708 --> 01:07:46,673 Bye. 1146 01:08:40,495 --> 01:08:42,731 Excuse me. 1147 01:08:42,831 --> 01:08:44,867 I've got some time on my hands. 1148 01:08:44,967 --> 01:08:47,302 I'm awaiting the outcome- well, anyway 1149 01:08:47,402 --> 01:08:52,041 Are there any tours? Anything to see in akron? 1150 01:08:52,141 --> 01:08:53,709 There's the tire plants, 1151 01:08:53,809 --> 01:08:55,510 but they're having a sit-down strike. 1152 01:08:55,610 --> 01:08:58,145 Not much else, really. 1153 01:08:59,614 --> 01:09:02,084 I suppose I could always go to a movie. 1154 01:09:02,184 --> 01:09:05,285 The rialto's just down the street. 1155 01:09:07,622 --> 01:09:08,955 Thank you. 1156 01:10:22,731 --> 01:10:24,231 Sir, what's your pleasure? 1157 01:10:27,836 --> 01:10:29,271 Nickels. 1158 01:10:29,371 --> 01:10:30,773 Can I have some nickels? 1159 01:10:30,873 --> 01:10:33,273 Nickels? Sure. 1160 01:11:01,136 --> 01:11:05,140 Yes, can I speak to the reverend Holland, please? 1161 01:11:05,240 --> 01:11:06,739 Yeah, I'll wait. 1162 01:11:08,177 --> 01:11:11,580 Reverend Holland, I got your name off the 1163 01:11:11,680 --> 01:11:14,649 Well, i'm a stranger in town. 1164 01:11:14,749 --> 01:11:17,419 I'm a drunk, an alcoholic, 1165 01:11:17,519 --> 01:11:20,488 and I need to talk to another drunk. 1166 01:11:20,588 --> 01:11:24,059 Can you tell me where I could find one? 1167 01:11:24,159 --> 01:11:26,459 I know it sounds peculiar. 1168 01:11:27,495 --> 01:11:29,431 No, no, I'm not drunk! 1169 01:11:29,531 --> 01:11:32,565 I said I have to talk to another drunk. 1170 01:11:33,601 --> 01:11:35,370 Ah. 1171 01:11:35,470 --> 01:11:36,872 Oh, oh. 1172 01:11:36,972 --> 01:11:38,504 Well, thank you anyway. 1173 01:11:40,242 --> 01:11:43,578 Is father John peestrock there, please? 1174 01:11:43,678 --> 01:11:45,914 When will he be back? 1175 01:11:46,014 --> 01:11:47,513 Thank you very much. 1176 01:11:54,723 --> 01:11:56,990 Reverend Walter tunks. 1177 01:11:59,228 --> 01:12:02,064 Thank you, reverend tunks, thank you. 1178 01:12:02,164 --> 01:12:03,565 Yeah, 5 P.M., 1179 01:12:03,665 --> 01:12:05,667 the gatehouse of the seiberling estate. 1180 01:12:05,767 --> 01:12:07,636 It's Mrs. henrietta seiberling? 1181 01:12:07,736 --> 01:12:09,704 The name of the man I'm to meet 1182 01:12:09,804 --> 01:12:11,606 is Robert Smith? 1183 01:12:11,706 --> 01:12:13,108 Dr. Robert Smith. 1184 01:12:13,208 --> 01:12:16,311 Yes, I have it all. 1185 01:12:16,411 --> 01:12:18,078 Thank you again. 1186 01:12:26,688 --> 01:12:27,689 Wilson. 1187 01:12:27,789 --> 01:12:29,157 Bill Wilson. 1188 01:12:29,257 --> 01:12:30,658 I'm from New York, 1189 01:12:30,758 --> 01:12:33,562 here in town on some business. 1190 01:12:33,662 --> 01:12:35,930 I really appreciate reverend tunks 1191 01:12:36,030 --> 01:12:37,132 and Mrs. Seiberling 1192 01:12:37,232 --> 01:12:38,633 getting us together like this. 1193 01:12:38,733 --> 01:12:42,204 I'm not really feeling too well today, Mr. Williams. 1194 01:12:42,304 --> 01:12:44,306 Bit of a headache. 1195 01:12:44,406 --> 01:12:48,076 I told henrietta I couldn't spend too much time, 1196 01:12:48,176 --> 01:12:50,011 but as an accommodation, i'd 1197 01:12:50,111 --> 01:12:52,547 Strange you should be a doctor. 1198 01:12:52,647 --> 01:12:55,550 My father-in-law was a doctor. 1199 01:12:55,650 --> 01:12:58,553 I don't mean to rush you, Mr. Williams, but- 1200 01:12:58,653 --> 01:13:00,188 Wilson. 1201 01:13:00,288 --> 01:13:02,324 Wilson. 1202 01:13:02,424 --> 01:13:06,728 Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Wilson. Yes. 1203 01:13:06,828 --> 01:13:10,832 The reverend tunks and henrietta are 1204 01:13:10,932 --> 01:13:13,335 Good friends. They're caring people, 1205 01:13:13,435 --> 01:13:16,871 and it's because of them that IWell. 1206 01:13:16,971 --> 01:13:18,906 Look, i- 1207 01:13:19,006 --> 01:13:23,911 I've had more than my share of, uh, help, 1208 01:13:24,011 --> 01:13:25,280 you might say. 1209 01:13:25,380 --> 01:13:26,381 Doctor- 1210 01:13:26,481 --> 01:13:28,316 let me tell you straight out 1211 01:13:28,416 --> 01:13:30,318 I consider my problem personal. 1212 01:13:30,418 --> 01:13:34,222 I don't ask help from well-meaning strangers. 1213 01:13:34,322 --> 01:13:35,757 Doctor, I'm a- 1214 01:13:35,857 --> 01:13:38,360 no, listen to me, Mr. Wilson. 1215 01:13:38,460 --> 01:13:41,296 The best have tried their wares on me- 1216 01:13:41,396 --> 01:13:44,932 medical men, psychiatrists, ministers. 1217 01:13:45,032 --> 01:13:48,002 I've been prayed over and carved up 1218 01:13:48,102 --> 01:13:50,038 more than a Christmas Turkey. 1219 01:13:50,138 --> 01:13:52,240 So just what do you think 1220 01:13:52,340 --> 01:13:55,343 a man like you could do for me? 1221 01:13:55,443 --> 01:13:59,181 Dr. Smith, I didn't come here to help you. 1222 01:13:59,281 --> 01:14:01,881 I came here to help me. 1223 01:14:08,990 --> 01:14:12,427 And on that occasion, I was so hung over 1224 01:14:12,527 --> 01:14:15,497 I turned in three empty exam books 1225 01:14:15,597 --> 01:14:18,631 and was summarily asked to leave medical school. 1226 01:14:22,437 --> 01:14:23,471 Oh, henrietta. 1227 01:14:23,571 --> 01:14:26,908 I was only going to give this mug 15 minutes. 1228 01:14:27,008 --> 01:14:29,977 But is it ok if we stay a while longer? 1229 01:14:30,077 --> 01:14:33,014 Of course. I'm in no hurry if Mr. Wilson isn't. 1230 01:14:33,114 --> 01:14:36,284 Mr. Wilson, I can't thank you enough. 1231 01:14:36,384 --> 01:14:37,785 We're just jawboning, Annie. 1232 01:14:37,885 --> 01:14:39,521 That's all, nothing more. 1233 01:14:39,621 --> 01:14:40,620 Of course. 1234 01:14:45,694 --> 01:14:47,028 Those two would do 1235 01:14:47,128 --> 01:14:50,064 almost anything in the world for me. 1236 01:14:50,164 --> 01:14:51,600 They mean well, but 1237 01:14:51,700 --> 01:14:54,168 We got to do it for ourselves. 1238 01:14:54,268 --> 01:14:55,670 Oh, I've tried that. 1239 01:14:55,770 --> 01:14:59,241 Once I was on the wagon for two years, 1240 01:14:59,341 --> 01:15:01,743 but I always came back to it. 1241 01:15:01,843 --> 01:15:05,313 Then one day I stayed. 1242 01:15:05,413 --> 01:15:07,415 I don't mean by ourselves. 1243 01:15:07,515 --> 01:15:08,883 I mean for ourselves- 1244 01:15:08,983 --> 01:15:10,182 together. 1245 01:15:11,453 --> 01:15:14,454 You mean, two drunks helping each other? 1246 01:15:16,358 --> 01:15:17,492 Of course, I didn't want to admit it at the time, 1247 01:15:17,592 --> 01:15:20,295 but I could actually see the light in his eyes. 1248 01:15:21,396 --> 01:15:23,398 Uh-oh. Good grief. 1249 01:15:23,498 --> 01:15:25,433 I'd better get Annie home 1250 01:15:25,533 --> 01:15:27,469 before she flays me alive. 1251 01:15:27,569 --> 01:15:29,003 Are you busy tomorrow? 1252 01:15:29,103 --> 01:15:31,038 Not too busy for this. 1253 01:15:31,138 --> 01:15:35,109 It's what our lives have to be about from now on- 1254 01:15:35,209 --> 01:15:36,709 staying off the booze. 1255 01:15:38,780 --> 01:15:40,615 When I think about what I threw away 1256 01:15:40,715 --> 01:15:42,083 10 years ago, 1257 01:15:42,183 --> 01:15:44,152 I was one of the best doctors in the state. 1258 01:15:44,252 --> 01:15:46,321 I had a wonderful practice, 1259 01:15:46,421 --> 01:15:48,823 I was respected by my peers. Now 1260 01:15:48,923 --> 01:15:50,892 I know. Believe me, I know. 1261 01:15:50,992 --> 01:15:52,894 Of course you do. I saw that yesterday. 1262 01:15:52,994 --> 01:15:55,830 The strangest feeling, yet a 1263 01:15:55,930 --> 01:15:58,366 A calm, safe kind of feeling. 1264 01:15:58,466 --> 01:16:01,567 You really understood. I like that. 1265 01:16:08,576 --> 01:16:11,212 Sure this is ok with Anne? 1266 01:16:11,312 --> 01:16:13,548 Me in your spare room, the star boarder? 1267 01:16:13,648 --> 01:16:15,049 Anne is delighted. 1268 01:16:15,149 --> 01:16:17,452 I'll bet the coffeepot's perking already. 1269 01:16:17,552 --> 01:16:19,621 I'll tell Lois what happened, 1270 01:16:19,721 --> 01:16:21,623 that we'll be here a while longer. 1271 01:16:21,723 --> 01:16:23,692 I got it. 1272 01:16:23,792 --> 01:16:25,792 Nah, you just lead the way. 1273 01:16:29,931 --> 01:16:32,133 Smitty and I have discovered more together 1274 01:16:32,233 --> 01:16:33,401 these past four weeks 1275 01:16:33,501 --> 01:16:34,969 than I learned through my months of failure 1276 01:16:35,069 --> 01:16:36,504 back in New York 1277 01:16:36,604 --> 01:16:38,707 when I was trying to shove religion down the throats 1278 01:16:38,807 --> 01:16:43,077 of those poor, confused, and unwilling drunks. 1279 01:16:43,177 --> 01:16:45,647 He adds a few personal things. 1280 01:16:45,747 --> 01:16:48,149 He says to give you his very best 1281 01:16:48,249 --> 01:16:50,184 and he'll keep in touch. 1282 01:16:50,284 --> 01:16:52,754 Keep in touch. 1283 01:16:52,854 --> 01:16:54,756 I only heard from him one time 1284 01:16:54,856 --> 01:16:56,257 since he's been out there. 1285 01:16:56,357 --> 01:16:58,460 Ebby, what's wrong? 1286 01:16:58,560 --> 01:17:01,496 I know you miss Bill. So do I. 1287 01:17:01,596 --> 01:17:04,699 I haven't seen you this way in a long time. 1288 01:17:04,799 --> 01:17:07,935 Oh, I'm all right. Really, Lois, I'm fine. 1289 01:17:08,035 --> 01:17:12,672 It's just one of those down days, I guess. 1290 01:17:13,708 --> 01:17:15,543 It might work, Bill. 1291 01:17:15,643 --> 01:17:18,246 It never occurred to me to help others 1292 01:17:18,346 --> 01:17:21,149 as a way of staying off it myself. 1293 01:17:21,249 --> 01:17:23,251 But it can't be like my New York experience. 1294 01:17:23,351 --> 01:17:26,088 I gathered up guys like these, dragged them home, 1295 01:17:26,188 --> 01:17:28,423 lectured them, preached at them. 1296 01:17:28,523 --> 01:17:30,759 A real Bible thumper. Here you go. 1297 01:17:30,859 --> 01:17:31,793 Thanks. 1298 01:17:31,893 --> 01:17:33,328 It just didn't work. 1299 01:17:33,428 --> 01:17:36,364 Getting preached at would ruffle my feathers, too, 1300 01:17:36,464 --> 01:17:38,900 even though I'm a believing man. 1301 01:17:39,000 --> 01:17:40,435 Maybe that's the secret. 1302 01:17:40,535 --> 01:17:43,471 Do just as you did with me- 1303 01:17:43,571 --> 01:17:45,240 shared your booze experience. 1304 01:17:45,340 --> 01:17:47,275 No preaching. 1305 01:17:47,375 --> 01:17:48,910 Smitty, look. 1306 01:17:49,010 --> 01:17:50,846 See? That makes you realize 1307 01:17:50,946 --> 01:17:54,382 that drunks care for each other. 1308 01:17:54,482 --> 01:17:56,718 Drunk or sober, there is a bond. 1309 01:17:56,818 --> 01:18:00,122 Buddies on the stormy sea of booze. 1310 01:18:00,222 --> 01:18:01,356 We'll start with guys 1311 01:18:01,456 --> 01:18:03,358 who are ready to admit they've had enough 1312 01:18:03,458 --> 01:18:07,595 and help them find a god they'll be comfortable with. 1313 01:18:07,695 --> 01:18:09,430 Yeah. No matter who they are, 1314 01:18:09,530 --> 01:18:11,867 where they're from, how much they make, 1315 01:18:11,967 --> 01:18:14,669 none of that means a damn thing. 1316 01:18:14,769 --> 01:18:16,872 And they shouldn't fear being found out. 1317 01:18:16,972 --> 01:18:19,374 We've got to promise they'll be anonymous. 1318 01:18:19,474 --> 01:18:23,478 Every drunk should feel like we do together- 1319 01:18:23,578 --> 01:18:24,980 safe, secure. 1320 01:18:25,080 --> 01:18:26,614 We haven't been at this very long, 1321 01:18:26,714 --> 01:18:30,886 but it's working for us. 1322 01:18:30,986 --> 01:18:32,520 How about we find someone else 1323 01:18:32,620 --> 01:18:33,652 to try it out on? 1324 01:18:35,156 --> 01:18:36,289 I'm game. 1325 01:18:38,193 --> 01:18:40,829 It's good to see you, Dr. Smith. 1326 01:18:40,929 --> 01:18:42,330 How've you been? 1327 01:18:42,430 --> 01:18:43,431 Sober. 1328 01:18:43,531 --> 01:18:46,634 I'm glad. You look very good. 1329 01:18:46,734 --> 01:18:49,304 Mr. Dotson's in room 1204. 1330 01:18:49,404 --> 01:18:52,240 He knows you're coming, but he's not in good shape. 1331 01:18:52,340 --> 01:18:55,977 He struck a nurse the other night. 1332 01:18:56,077 --> 01:18:58,013 He's vicious when he's drunk. 1333 01:18:58,113 --> 01:18:59,815 Well, thanks for your help, Meg. 1334 01:18:59,915 --> 01:19:01,049 Take care. 1335 01:19:01,149 --> 01:19:02,282 Thank you. 1336 01:19:13,861 --> 01:19:15,263 Hi. 1337 01:19:15,363 --> 01:19:16,862 I'm Bob Smith. 1338 01:19:18,934 --> 01:19:20,702 Bill dotson. 1339 01:19:20,802 --> 01:19:23,571 Bill did you say? 1340 01:19:23,671 --> 01:19:25,338 My name's Bill, too. 1341 01:19:49,597 --> 01:19:53,168 I'm a doctor, Bill. 1342 01:19:53,268 --> 01:19:55,101 I'm a doctor who's also a drunk. 1343 01:19:56,604 --> 01:19:58,073 We're both drunks. 1344 01:19:58,173 --> 01:20:00,173 Alcoholics. 1345 01:20:02,477 --> 01:20:04,913 I hit a nurse last night, 1346 01:20:05,013 --> 01:20:07,582 a young woman. 1347 01:20:07,682 --> 01:20:10,216 She was just trying to help. 1348 01:20:11,252 --> 01:20:13,188 Well, we know how you feel. 1349 01:20:13,288 --> 01:20:15,223 We've both done terrible things, 1350 01:20:15,323 --> 01:20:16,758 things that 1351 01:20:16,858 --> 01:20:19,294 That we're ashamed of. 1352 01:20:19,394 --> 01:20:22,430 Would you like to get off it, Bill, 1353 01:20:22,530 --> 01:20:23,765 stop drinking? 1354 01:20:23,865 --> 01:20:27,269 If you think you could lick it all by yourself, 1355 01:20:27,369 --> 01:20:31,706 stay dry the rest of your life, that would be great. 1356 01:20:31,806 --> 01:20:33,708 We found we couldn't 1357 01:20:33,808 --> 01:20:36,744 Not alone we couldn't. 1358 01:20:36,844 --> 01:20:39,879 We think we can do it together. 1359 01:20:41,949 --> 01:20:44,450 How long have you been dry? 1360 01:20:45,820 --> 01:20:47,588 About seven months now. 1361 01:20:47,688 --> 01:20:49,188 A few weeks. 1362 01:20:51,692 --> 01:20:54,193 You some kind of religious people? 1363 01:20:56,331 --> 01:20:59,065 No. We're just drunks like you. 1364 01:21:04,305 --> 01:21:08,076 Well, we know you're not feeling too well. 1365 01:21:08,176 --> 01:21:11,146 We'd be happy to come back tomorrow 1366 01:21:11,246 --> 01:21:13,648 and talk about it, you know, 1367 01:21:13,748 --> 01:21:15,248 if you're 1368 01:21:16,817 --> 01:21:17,983 Well, Bill. 1369 01:21:19,687 --> 01:21:21,957 Goodbye, Bill. 1370 01:21:22,057 --> 01:21:23,691 Goodbye, Bill. I 1371 01:21:23,791 --> 01:21:25,758 Hope you feel better. 1372 01:21:29,297 --> 01:21:30,663 Hey. 1373 01:21:34,936 --> 01:21:36,102 Uh 1374 01:21:37,672 --> 01:21:40,506 I'll see you tomorrow? 1375 01:21:41,742 --> 01:21:43,376 You bet. 1376 01:21:59,527 --> 01:22:00,428 Ebby! 1377 01:22:00,528 --> 01:22:02,196 Thanks for coming to meet me. 1378 01:22:02,296 --> 01:22:04,432 Have I got a lot to tell you. Let's grab a taxi. 1379 01:22:04,532 --> 01:22:07,035 Ebby, something great happened in akron. 1380 01:22:07,135 --> 01:22:09,570 It could be what we've been looking for. 1381 01:22:09,670 --> 01:22:11,605 Come on. I'll tell you about it. 1382 01:22:11,705 --> 01:22:12,973 Taxi! 1383 01:22:19,980 --> 01:22:21,582 Ebby, you're drunk. 1384 01:22:21,682 --> 01:22:24,785 No. No. I just don't feel so good. 1385 01:22:24,885 --> 01:22:26,820 Why? 1386 01:22:26,920 --> 01:22:28,856 In heaven's name, why? 1387 01:22:28,956 --> 01:22:30,989 Be-because I 1388 01:22:32,193 --> 01:22:35,629 I don't know. I guess I just felt that 1389 01:22:35,729 --> 01:22:37,165 No. No. It's stupid. 1390 01:22:37,265 --> 01:22:38,364 What? Tell me. 1391 01:22:41,335 --> 01:22:44,305 It used to be you and me. 1392 01:22:44,405 --> 01:22:45,806 Practically all our lives, 1393 01:22:45,906 --> 01:22:47,341 you and me. 1394 01:22:47,441 --> 01:22:49,877 Then Lois told me about you 1395 01:22:49,977 --> 01:22:51,412 and that Dr. Smith, 1396 01:22:51,512 --> 01:22:54,348 about all that work you were doing with him, 1397 01:22:54,448 --> 01:22:56,084 and it wasn't you and me anymore. 1398 01:22:56,184 --> 01:22:57,218 That's not true! 1399 01:22:57,318 --> 01:22:59,787 If you'd called, I would have been back. 1400 01:22:59,887 --> 01:23:01,789 It'll always be you and me, pal. 1401 01:23:01,889 --> 01:23:03,391 Hell, you're the one who got me sober. 1402 01:23:03,491 --> 01:23:07,128 Ha! Well, I'm glad one of us made it. 1403 01:23:07,228 --> 01:23:09,363 You'll make it, ebby. 1404 01:23:09,463 --> 01:23:11,232 Look, we're going to start getting together, 1405 01:23:11,332 --> 01:23:13,301 people like you and me. 1406 01:23:13,401 --> 01:23:15,269 Having meetings. There's so much to do. 1407 01:23:15,369 --> 01:23:16,870 I'll need your help. 1408 01:23:16,970 --> 01:23:18,239 Yeah. That's 1409 01:23:18,339 --> 01:23:21,373 That's not what I need right now. 1410 01:23:22,677 --> 01:23:24,579 You-you know what I need. 1411 01:23:24,679 --> 01:23:26,947 No. Ebby, don't. 1412 01:23:27,047 --> 01:23:28,649 Eb- 1413 01:23:28,749 --> 01:23:30,015 ebby! 1414 01:23:31,652 --> 01:23:32,753 Ebby, no! 1415 01:23:32,853 --> 01:23:34,152 Ebby! 1416 01:23:51,805 --> 01:23:53,372 Still thinking about ebby? 1417 01:23:55,976 --> 01:23:59,213 I'm sorry, lo. This is my homecoming. 1418 01:23:59,313 --> 01:24:01,747 I'm nuts to louse it up. 1419 01:24:07,688 --> 01:24:08,922 Anything wrong? 1420 01:24:09,022 --> 01:24:11,425 You went out there for a few weeks 1421 01:24:11,525 --> 01:24:12,991 and stayed four months. 1422 01:24:15,463 --> 01:24:16,864 You came to visit. 1423 01:24:16,964 --> 01:24:18,399 For a week. 1424 01:24:18,499 --> 01:24:21,469 And I loved it, but akron isn't our home. 1425 01:24:21,569 --> 01:24:24,570 It was something I needed to do. 1426 01:24:28,342 --> 01:24:31,279 Tell me something. Now that you're sober, 1427 01:24:31,379 --> 01:24:34,315 why are we drawing so much further apart? 1428 01:24:34,415 --> 01:24:37,685 It isn't just me. Be honest, Lois. 1429 01:24:37,785 --> 01:24:39,420 You don't seem to 1430 01:24:39,520 --> 01:24:42,490 I don't know how I feel anymore. 1431 01:24:42,590 --> 01:24:44,124 Can you say why? 1432 01:24:44,224 --> 01:24:46,126 Neither can I. 1433 01:24:46,226 --> 01:24:47,662 It's strange. 1434 01:24:47,762 --> 01:24:49,697 I used to think, being a drunk, 1435 01:24:49,797 --> 01:24:53,067 that one day I'd just quit, be rid of it, 1436 01:24:53,167 --> 01:24:55,369 and then I'd feel different, better. 1437 01:24:55,469 --> 01:24:57,338 No more knots inside. 1438 01:24:57,438 --> 01:25:00,140 What I know now 1439 01:25:00,240 --> 01:25:03,477 is that I will never be rid of it, 1440 01:25:03,577 --> 01:25:05,580 and I'll spend the rest of my life 1441 01:25:05,680 --> 01:25:06,681 dealing with it, 1442 01:25:06,781 --> 01:25:08,549 facing the truth about myself, 1443 01:25:08,649 --> 01:25:11,082 and trying to make it better. 1444 01:25:13,887 --> 01:25:15,823 When I saw ebby today, 1445 01:25:15,923 --> 01:25:18,259 it made me realize that not drinking 1446 01:25:18,359 --> 01:25:21,929 is the most important thing in my life. 1447 01:25:22,029 --> 01:25:23,464 It's the only thing 1448 01:25:23,564 --> 01:25:26,500 I really care about, can think about. 1449 01:25:26,600 --> 01:25:28,434 Including our marriage? 1450 01:25:31,004 --> 01:25:34,975 I found out what I have to do not to drink. 1451 01:25:35,075 --> 01:25:37,177 In my case, I have to be with other drunks. 1452 01:25:37,277 --> 01:25:38,713 You tried that before. 1453 01:25:38,813 --> 01:25:39,947 I'll try it again 1454 01:25:40,047 --> 01:25:41,716 because I know now it really works. 1455 01:25:41,816 --> 01:25:44,619 I don't know where that leads to, 1456 01:25:44,719 --> 01:25:47,154 but it's what I have to do, Lois. 1457 01:25:47,254 --> 01:25:50,190 And it's what I'm going to do 1458 01:25:50,290 --> 01:25:51,724 Absolutely. 1459 01:26:04,238 --> 01:26:09,077 You're right about this one-day-at-a-time stuff. 1460 01:26:09,177 --> 01:26:11,579 Hell, after I broke my sixth pledge, 1461 01:26:11,679 --> 01:26:14,916 I broke Barney Stein's jaw. 1462 01:26:15,016 --> 01:26:16,951 Now he won't let me drink 1463 01:26:17,051 --> 01:26:18,987 in his stinking poolroom anymore. 1464 01:26:19,087 --> 01:26:21,555 He's doing you a big favor, arty. 1465 01:26:21,655 --> 01:26:24,092 Look, I got three months now. 1466 01:26:24,192 --> 01:26:26,327 My wife called me yesterday. 1467 01:26:26,427 --> 01:26:29,931 She might want me back, being sober and all. 1468 01:26:30,031 --> 01:26:33,467 Trouble is, one look at my mother-in-law, 1469 01:26:33,567 --> 01:26:34,869 and I'll be drunk again. 1470 01:26:34,969 --> 01:26:37,138 Not so, Mike. I have to believe 1471 01:26:37,238 --> 01:26:39,073 that if Bill here can stay sober, 1472 01:26:39,173 --> 01:26:40,608 any of us can. 1473 01:26:40,708 --> 01:26:42,076 Charley's right, Mike. 1474 01:26:42,176 --> 01:26:44,245 If what Dr. Bob and I found can work 1475 01:26:44,345 --> 01:26:46,948 for this drunk, it can work for anybody. 1476 01:26:47,048 --> 01:26:49,917 By the way, the meetings in akron and Cleveland 1477 01:26:50,017 --> 01:26:51,886 are getting bigger and bigger every day, 1478 01:26:51,986 --> 01:26:53,755 much like our experience here in New York. 1479 01:26:53,855 --> 01:26:56,290 Which brings me to a point. 1480 01:26:56,390 --> 01:26:59,861 Hank and I found this building on 24th street. 1481 01:26:59,961 --> 01:27:01,896 It's a bigger meeting place. 1482 01:27:01,996 --> 01:27:03,898 It'll probably make Lois happier, too. 1483 01:27:03,998 --> 01:27:05,133 The only problem is 1484 01:27:05,233 --> 01:27:08,002 there's going to be rents, expenses 1485 01:27:08,102 --> 01:27:09,871 Maybe we ought to have dues. 1486 01:27:09,971 --> 01:27:11,039 Some can't afford it. 1487 01:27:11,139 --> 01:27:13,274 They could afford to drink. 1488 01:27:13,374 --> 01:27:15,843 Some drunks get awful cheap when they sober up. 1489 01:27:15,943 --> 01:27:18,813 Well, passing the basket's worked so far. 1490 01:27:18,913 --> 01:27:21,049 Besides, things are looking up. 1491 01:27:21,149 --> 01:27:24,986 The book I wrote with a lot of help from all of you 1492 01:27:25,086 --> 01:27:27,922 about our a.A. Experience, how it works, 1493 01:27:28,022 --> 01:27:31,458 is getting attention from the public and the press. 1494 01:27:31,558 --> 01:27:33,627 Told you my promotions would pay off. 1495 01:27:33,727 --> 01:27:36,630 Dr. Bob's coming next week for an interview 1496 01:27:36,730 --> 01:27:39,633 that Hank set up with the Saturday evening post. 1497 01:27:41,235 --> 01:27:43,104 You're going to be big shots. 1498 01:27:43,204 --> 01:27:44,739 Anonymous big shots, Artie. 1499 01:27:44,839 --> 01:27:47,641 The writer's agreed to use only our first names. 1500 01:27:47,741 --> 01:27:51,312 That's ok. We just hope it helps spread the word. 1501 01:27:51,412 --> 01:27:54,315 Ok, is that it? I guess that's it, 1502 01:27:54,415 --> 01:27:58,920 except to say thanks for keeping me sober one more day. 1503 01:27:59,020 --> 01:28:01,255 All right. See you Thursday night. 1504 01:28:01,355 --> 01:28:03,490 Bring another drunk. We can always make room. 1505 01:28:03,590 --> 01:28:07,092 I need volunteers so Lois doesn't yell at Bill. 1506 01:28:11,932 --> 01:28:13,065 Lo? 1507 01:28:14,969 --> 01:28:17,438 I was wondering where you were. 1508 01:28:17,538 --> 01:28:20,808 I've been out walking since I left work. 1509 01:28:20,908 --> 01:28:22,342 It's after 10:00. 1510 01:28:22,442 --> 01:28:24,442 Did a lot of walking 1511 01:28:25,980 --> 01:28:27,980 And a lot of thinking. 1512 01:28:29,516 --> 01:28:30,816 What about? 1513 01:28:34,789 --> 01:28:37,058 Us mostly 1514 01:28:37,158 --> 01:28:38,726 And other things. 1515 01:28:38,826 --> 01:28:41,062 Like what? 1516 01:28:41,162 --> 01:28:42,795 Like 1517 01:28:45,866 --> 01:28:48,836 Will things ever be normal between us? 1518 01:28:48,936 --> 01:28:51,772 Will you ever get a regular job 1519 01:28:51,872 --> 01:28:53,207 and come home at night for dinner? 1520 01:28:53,307 --> 01:28:55,576 Will we have a home? 1521 01:28:55,676 --> 01:28:57,478 We could be dispossessed 1522 01:28:57,578 --> 01:28:59,379 with all the Bills piling up. 1523 01:28:59,479 --> 01:29:03,550 Will our lives ever be simple, 1524 01:29:03,650 --> 01:29:07,086 balanced Like other people? 1525 01:29:10,958 --> 01:29:12,559 I don't know. 1526 01:29:12,659 --> 01:29:14,860 Nor do you seem to care. 1527 01:29:16,363 --> 01:29:17,798 I care, Lois. 1528 01:29:17,898 --> 01:29:20,835 It's just that I could never go back to 1529 01:29:20,935 --> 01:29:22,870 To the way it was. 1530 01:29:22,970 --> 01:29:25,806 It may have had some satisfactions for you- 1531 01:29:25,906 --> 01:29:27,274 wait. 1532 01:29:27,374 --> 01:29:29,176 Wait. Are you 1533 01:29:29,276 --> 01:29:32,947 Saying I wanted you drunk all those years, 1534 01:29:33,047 --> 01:29:34,214 all that heartache? 1535 01:29:34,314 --> 01:29:36,784 Not consciously, no. But I was a drunk. 1536 01:29:36,884 --> 01:29:39,954 It was our whole life. You stayed with that. 1537 01:29:40,054 --> 01:29:42,523 You're saying that I wanted you drunk? 1538 01:29:42,623 --> 01:29:44,358 Youyou 1539 01:29:44,458 --> 01:29:45,860 I can't believe this. 1540 01:29:45,960 --> 01:29:47,895 Maybe I should start drinking. 1541 01:29:47,995 --> 01:29:49,964 Then I'd get the same consideration 1542 01:29:50,064 --> 01:29:51,331 you give your alcoholic friends! 1543 01:29:51,431 --> 01:29:54,802 You being sober, it's what I prayed for, 1544 01:29:54,902 --> 01:29:58,336 but I prayed that it would also include me. 1545 01:30:02,109 --> 01:30:03,942 Maybe it never will. 1546 01:30:22,930 --> 01:30:24,364 This story is wonderful. 1547 01:30:24,464 --> 01:30:27,434 It'll carry the a.A. Message to so many people. 1548 01:30:27,534 --> 01:30:28,769 Today the Saturday evening post, 1549 01:30:28,869 --> 01:30:30,871 tomorrow time magazine. They called. 1550 01:30:30,971 --> 01:30:33,407 They want to do a cover story. Can you beat that? 1551 01:30:33,507 --> 01:30:35,042 I thought only presidents and babe Ruth 1552 01:30:35,142 --> 01:30:37,477 made the cover of time. 1553 01:30:37,577 --> 01:30:40,514 You know? Our plane has finally taken off. 1554 01:30:40,614 --> 01:30:43,050 I think we should keep our feet planted 1555 01:30:43,150 --> 01:30:44,585 firmly on the ground. 1556 01:30:44,685 --> 01:30:46,520 Flap your wings a bit. You deserve it. 1557 01:30:46,620 --> 01:30:49,389 Bill, you and I know from hard experience 1558 01:30:49,489 --> 01:30:51,525 that the alcoholic has no tolerance 1559 01:30:51,625 --> 01:30:53,227 for the limelight. 1560 01:30:53,327 --> 01:30:54,661 That's why we harp on anonymity. 1561 01:30:54,761 --> 01:30:58,265 Not just to protect the drunk from public stigma, 1562 01:30:58,365 --> 01:31:02,502 but mainly to keep our darn fool egos under control. 1563 01:31:02,602 --> 01:31:04,839 It's that simple. 1564 01:31:04,939 --> 01:31:08,909 That's what we've got to remember, Billy. 1565 01:31:09,009 --> 01:31:11,078 Always keep it simple. 1566 01:31:11,178 --> 01:31:12,947 Always. 1567 01:31:13,047 --> 01:31:14,612 You bet. 1568 01:31:16,283 --> 01:31:20,187 Just keep putting one foot in front of the other. 1569 01:31:20,287 --> 01:31:22,354 One day at a time. 1570 01:31:27,294 --> 01:31:30,231 Now, don't you keep Lois waiting. 1571 01:31:30,331 --> 01:31:31,796 On your way. 1572 01:31:51,352 --> 01:31:52,918 Goodbye, Smitty. 1573 01:31:54,755 --> 01:31:56,388 Goodbye, old friend. 1574 01:32:05,766 --> 01:32:07,902 We've come a long way, haven't we, lo? 1575 01:32:08,002 --> 01:32:09,369 Who ever could've dreamed 1576 01:32:09,469 --> 01:32:11,371 of all the things that have happened? 1577 01:32:11,471 --> 01:32:12,773 Well, you always wanted to be somebody. 1578 01:32:12,873 --> 01:32:14,108 Now you are. 1579 01:32:14,208 --> 01:32:15,476 Careful of my humility. 1580 01:32:15,576 --> 01:32:17,242 Oh, what humility? 1581 01:32:19,479 --> 01:32:20,881 There, look at that. 1582 01:32:20,981 --> 01:32:23,618 There is civilization in California. 1583 01:32:23,718 --> 01:32:25,753 Just 26 more miles. 1584 01:32:25,853 --> 01:32:28,921 Good. We'll have time to bathe and eat. 1585 01:32:49,143 --> 01:32:51,045 Shall we get some coffee? 1586 01:32:51,145 --> 01:32:53,145 Uh, yeah. We have time. 1587 01:32:56,550 --> 01:32:57,652 Uh, howdy. 1588 01:32:57,752 --> 01:32:58,686 Oh, hi. 1589 01:32:58,786 --> 01:33:00,688 Welcome to our a.A. Group. 1590 01:33:00,788 --> 01:33:02,222 I'm Zack. Just visiting? 1591 01:33:02,322 --> 01:33:03,758 Tourists, you might say. 1592 01:33:03,858 --> 01:33:05,292 My name's Bill. 1593 01:33:05,392 --> 01:33:07,327 Bill w. From New York. 1594 01:33:07,427 --> 01:33:08,829 This is my wife Lois. 1595 01:33:08,929 --> 01:33:09,864 Hello. Lois. 1596 01:33:09,964 --> 01:33:11,032 Pete, norene. 1597 01:33:11,132 --> 01:33:15,102 I'd like you to meet Bill and his wife Lois. 1598 01:33:15,202 --> 01:33:16,370 Bill w. 1599 01:33:16,470 --> 01:33:18,539 How do you do? 1600 01:33:18,639 --> 01:33:19,573 Ellen. 1601 01:33:19,673 --> 01:33:20,574 Yeah? 1602 01:33:20,674 --> 01:33:22,109 Bill and Lois. 1603 01:33:22,209 --> 01:33:23,110 Hi, Bill. 1604 01:33:23,210 --> 01:33:24,111 Hi. 1605 01:33:24,211 --> 01:33:25,379 Hi. 1606 01:33:25,479 --> 01:33:27,548 Have you been around before? 1607 01:33:27,648 --> 01:33:30,117 Oh, no, they're just traveling through. 1608 01:33:30,217 --> 01:33:32,153 Been in the program a while, Bill? 1609 01:33:32,253 --> 01:33:34,588 You might say that. 1610 01:33:34,688 --> 01:33:35,622 How long? 1611 01:33:35,722 --> 01:33:37,158 Well, since 1935. 1612 01:33:37,258 --> 01:33:40,728 1935? I didn't know it went back that far. 1613 01:33:40,828 --> 01:33:43,263 You must've known some early members. 1614 01:33:43,363 --> 01:33:44,799 Matter of fact- yes, he did. 1615 01:33:44,899 --> 01:33:45,933 I did. 1616 01:33:46,033 --> 01:33:47,134 Back east? 1617 01:33:47,234 --> 01:33:48,268 In New York. 1618 01:33:48,368 --> 01:33:49,603 Didn't it begin there? 1619 01:33:49,703 --> 01:33:51,138 Yes, that's where we- 1620 01:33:51,238 --> 01:33:52,673 no, it didn't, Pete. 1621 01:33:52,773 --> 01:33:54,175 It was akron, Ohio. 1622 01:33:54,275 --> 01:33:55,375 You sure? 1623 01:33:55,475 --> 01:33:56,577 Positive. 1624 01:33:56,677 --> 01:34:00,147 We're glad to have you and your wife visiting. 1625 01:34:00,247 --> 01:34:01,682 Get a seat now. 1626 01:34:01,782 --> 01:34:03,150 The meeting's going to start. 1627 01:34:03,250 --> 01:34:04,151 Thank you. 1628 01:34:04,251 --> 01:34:05,217 Thank you. 1629 01:34:06,353 --> 01:34:09,387 Now, if everybody would take their seats now. 1630 01:34:13,760 --> 01:34:16,761 Please take a chair. Take your places. 1631 01:34:21,368 --> 01:34:23,204 Well, before we close, 1632 01:34:23,304 --> 01:34:24,839 if anyone has anything else 1633 01:34:24,939 --> 01:34:28,207 they'd like to share, now is the time. 1634 01:34:31,345 --> 01:34:32,780 In that case, 1635 01:34:32,880 --> 01:34:34,815 after a moment of silence, 1636 01:34:34,915 --> 01:34:37,950 we'll close with the Serenity prayer. 1637 01:34:50,097 --> 01:34:53,634 God Grant me the Serenity 1638 01:34:53,734 --> 01:34:56,937 to accept the things I cannot change, 1639 01:34:57,037 --> 01:35:00,775 the courage to change the things I can, 1640 01:35:00,875 --> 01:35:03,778 and the wisdom to know the difference. 1641 01:35:03,878 --> 01:35:05,479 Keep coming back. 1642 01:35:05,579 --> 01:35:08,080 It works. It works. 1643 01:35:19,226 --> 01:35:21,162 That was a nice meeting. 1644 01:35:21,262 --> 01:35:22,163 Hmm. 1645 01:35:24,064 --> 01:35:27,701 I love the west, little towns like this. 1646 01:35:27,801 --> 01:35:29,736 What makes that noise, locusts? 1647 01:35:29,836 --> 01:35:32,273 I don't know. I don't know. 1648 01:35:32,373 --> 01:35:33,808 Are you upset 1649 01:35:33,908 --> 01:35:35,843 because they didn't recognize you? 1650 01:35:35,943 --> 01:35:37,409 No. 1651 01:35:38,979 --> 01:35:41,415 Oh, maybe just a little bit. 1652 01:35:41,515 --> 01:35:42,950 I'm going to get some coffee. 1653 01:35:43,050 --> 01:35:44,451 Do you want some? 1654 01:35:44,551 --> 01:35:45,817 No, thanks, sweetheart. 1655 01:35:53,060 --> 01:35:54,726 Cicadas. 1656 01:35:57,131 --> 01:35:58,297 What? 1657 01:35:59,866 --> 01:36:01,802 Them insects. 1658 01:36:01,902 --> 01:36:03,468 They're cicadas. 1659 01:36:04,604 --> 01:36:05,938 Thanks. 1660 01:36:07,841 --> 01:36:09,443 My name is Bill. 1661 01:36:09,543 --> 01:36:10,642 Fred. 1662 01:36:15,615 --> 01:36:17,551 Is this your first time? 1663 01:36:17,651 --> 01:36:18,817 Yeah. 1664 01:36:20,720 --> 01:36:23,590 You look like you have some doubts. 1665 01:36:23,690 --> 01:36:28,295 Well, I only come 'cause the missus walked out on me 1666 01:36:28,395 --> 01:36:29,964 and took the kids. 1667 01:36:30,064 --> 01:36:31,999 Says she ain't coming back 1668 01:36:32,099 --> 01:36:34,099 unless I make an effort. 1669 01:36:35,369 --> 01:36:37,404 You know, maybe this meeting 1670 01:36:37,504 --> 01:36:38,906 wasn't enough for you. 1671 01:36:39,006 --> 01:36:41,108 Could you use another one? 1672 01:36:41,208 --> 01:36:42,674 Just you and me. 1673 01:36:45,612 --> 01:36:47,980 I want my kids back. 1674 01:36:53,253 --> 01:36:56,023 It's like any journey, Fred. 1675 01:36:56,123 --> 01:36:58,823 It begins with the first step. 1676 01:37:00,894 --> 01:37:03,830 I thought you might like some anyway. 1677 01:37:03,930 --> 01:37:05,366 Thanks, lo. 1678 01:37:05,466 --> 01:37:07,234 Fred? 1679 01:37:07,334 --> 01:37:08,666 Yeah. 1680 01:37:09,903 --> 01:37:13,340 I may be a while. Is this ok? 1681 01:37:13,440 --> 01:37:16,377 I'll be waiting back at the motel. 1682 01:37:16,477 --> 01:37:18,943 Thanks, lo. I'll be there. 1683 01:37:28,022 --> 01:37:30,457 I lost part of my family 1684 01:37:30,557 --> 01:37:33,027 once long ago when I was drinking, 1685 01:37:33,127 --> 01:37:35,062 and then after I got sober, 1686 01:37:35,162 --> 01:37:37,662 I gained so much more back. 1687 01:37:39,566 --> 01:37:42,067 How long have you been drinking? 1688 01:37:43,803 --> 01:37:45,970 Since I was 17. 1689 01:37:47,707 --> 01:37:49,310 That sounds about right. 1690 01:37:49,410 --> 01:37:50,811 Yeah. 1691 01:37:50,911 --> 01:37:52,346 Did it click 1692 01:37:52,446 --> 01:37:55,382 the first time you had a drink? 1693 01:37:55,482 --> 01:37:56,917 Did it click? Yeah. 1694 01:37:57,017 --> 01:37:58,452 You know that click? 1695 01:37:58,552 --> 01:38:02,356 You know that one, that little click? 1696 01:38:02,456 --> 01:38:05,426 Yeah Been going downhill 1697 01:38:05,526 --> 01:38:06,927 ever since that click. 1698 01:38:07,027 --> 01:38:08,360 Yeah. 1699 01:38:10,097 --> 01:38:12,699 But this is it, I mean 1700 01:38:12,799 --> 01:38:14,134 My boys. 1701 01:38:14,234 --> 01:38:16,103 How many boys you got? 1702 01:38:16,203 --> 01:38:17,804 I got two boys. 1703 01:38:17,904 --> 01:38:20,374 Two boys. They're 6 and 9. 1704 01:38:20,474 --> 01:38:22,707 Oh, you're very lucky. 1705 01:38:33,686 --> 01:38:36,589 1706 01:38:36,689 --> 01:38:39,657