Recovery Road

Previously on "Recovery Road"...

Hey, bae! Why did you come to school with the guidance counselor?

We are both on Maddie's side, right?

- I miss you. - I miss you, too.

I just feel so cut off from everyone.

I don't think I would pull my child away from the help she needs

and take her home with me just because I was a little lonely.

- How's Maddie doing? - She's not taking it seriously.

I do have a group of friends who have sustained me

through some pretty tough times.

Just dinner with Zach. We won't drink.

A small party in a hotel suite.

And you're going to stay sober?

I find your complete lack of confidence in me

highly disruptive to my sobriety.

- Was she his girlfriend? - They made me call him.

- He owed them money. - Who was he?

- Nobody. - I woke up in lockup.

They told me I stabbed my cheating husband four times.

I just want my little girl back.

You can start waiting tables at Margarita's.

I don't know when it was

that we began to lose control.

Was there a specific moment when it all started to turn?

Or did it unravel little by little

until there was nothing left

and the Earth tilted off its axis

and we were hurled out into the darkness of the unknown world?

The vacuous space,

the intolerable nothing,

yet we still try to carry on.

What the hell are you doing?

You think I'm stupid, don't you?

You think I don't know what you did,

but I know, and I know everything.

You're not making any sense.

There's meth in the floor, and it's in the walls. Look.

Look. Look what I found in the wall.

You're hiding it everywhere.

That's the insulation.

Okay? That's fiberglass.

No. Stop lying! You're always...

God damn it! You always cheating me!

Hey! Shh, shh. Baby, come on.

We smoked the last of it already.

I'm going to hook up with Twitch in an hour

to get us another teener.

No. You hid it from me.

You've been up for three days, okay?

You need to sleep a little.

I love you, baby.

Maddie. It's time to wake up.

Come on, Sleeping Beauty.

Bite me.

How can you stay in bed on a day like today?

Today is my first day at work.

I'm going to be able to pay my lawyer

and get my little boo back.

I cannot wait for you to meet her.

She is the cutest thing in the world.

Maddie! Are you even listening to me?

Come on, you got to get up.

Do you like my slap bracelet?

Is it too old-school or cool old-school?

- I can never tell. - Trish!

What are you doing?

I'm getting ready for work. Don't I look nice?

Come now. We got group before we go.

I can't wake up Maddie.

That's how you wake up a teenager.

- Good morning! - Yeah.

Okay. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to Animal Farm.

I'm going to invite you all to go into the basket

and pick out a different animal

to represent each member of your immediate family.

Now, now, come on, guys.

So, I'm the cat,

because I like to sleep all day

and sit on the couch and watch TV.

Did you know that cats actually do watch TV?

- It's a thing. - Huh!

So, I'm the squirrel and my mom is the cat,

because I don't care.

And that's my husband.

It is interesting how you put them in order like that.

It's kind of militaristic.

They all work at my restaurant.

And that's your husband?

Why is he the teeny tiny turtle?

Hey. There are no phones in group, you know that.

Sorry.

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Wes, go ahead and pick out your family.

There is no way in hell I'm doing that.

- Excuse me? - I said I'm not doing it.

Glover.

This is Trish, our new waitress.

Trish, this is my son Glover.

Hey.

Okay, you'll be training her.

Okay, get going.

And make sure you put the silverware

on top of the napkins this time.

No one wants to eat with a fork

that's been sitting on the table.

Mom's got a system for everything.

But...

you learn to get used to it.

I'm going to be really good at this job.

I can just feel it.

Have you waited tables before?

- No. - Oh.

Well, where have you worked?

I went to college for a little bit,

but then I became a crystal meth addict,

so you know how that goes.

Anyway, then I lost custody of my daughter,

so that's why I really need this job.

Well, good.

But just a piece of advice,

you might want to keep that to yourself when my dad comes in.

Wait, your dad is alive?

- I thought your mom killed him. - Wait, what?

No, she just stabbed him a few times.

Oh.

So what is she always worrying about?

You know, all my friends are going to the beach today.

I mean all of them, and I'm stuck here with you

on a Sunday alone with the cleaning crew.

You've been to enough AA meetings at this point.

What's the thing they say at the end?

- The Serenity Prayer? - No, after that.

- "Keep coming back." - And then after that?

- "It works if you work it"? - Yes!

Ding, ding, ding! That's right!

It works if you work it, and only if you work it.

- So you need to start working it. - I am.

- What do you think I'm doing? - All right.

So, what step are you on?

- Step? - Yes.

You are aware that Alcoholics Anonymous

is based on something called "the 12 Steps."

I don't like sarcasm on you. That's my thing.

Maddie, part of the deal we made

was that you were going to do the work and take it seriously.

You really need to start working the steps,

and you really need to choose a sponsor.

- Sponsor? I... - I talked it over with Craig,

and we both agree you need to choose a sponsor by the end of the week

so you can start working the steps.

Fine.

Then why don't you do it?

Me? You want me to be your sponsor?

- Sure. - Wow.

Maddie, I am really touched.

- Great. - Yes.

So, start with step one.

Go ahead and write out a list of all the ways

that you feel your life has become unmanageable.

Oh, my God, there's sober homework.

Of course. And here is a copy of the Big Book,

the Twelve and Twelve, As Bill Sees It,

daily meditations.

Oh, this is a great list of sober bloggers.

The one about the sober dog? Awesome.

- Okay, and then just roll? - Yeah, roll it. Make it tight.

- Okay. - It's all right.

- Hey, son. - Hey, Pops.

- Hello. - Hello.

And who are you?

Oh, you must be the turtle.

- The what? - Hi, I'm Trish.

I'm the new waitress.

Margarita used to be my roommate at Springtime Meadows...

only until she asked Craig to move her because I snore.

But I like my new roommate, too, though.

She's really nice, good hygiene,

and she's never even tried crystal.

Uh-huh.

What the hell are you doing

bringing some crazy girl from your rehab down here

- to work in our restaurant? - My restaurant.

She here because I want her here.

End of discussion.

I can't.

You took away my ability to feel anything

but anger and contempt.

Don't speak that way, my love.

This is the worst thing I've ever seen in my life.

Yeah, this is the one where Sebastiano

tells Constance that he has terminal cancer,

and she tells him that his ex-wife

was a serial killer.

- My father! - Weird.

He was the only family I had left.

Well, he's lying about the cancer.

Someone who lived here before

must have really liked this show

because they taped, like, seriously,

every episode.