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talking about?

Huh?

You talking about me?

No.

Oh, my God.

I thought you were

just f***ing her,

but you're

talking to her, too.

Holy sh*t.

Kel, come on!

You know what, maybe...

I'm... I'm... I'm gonna go stay

with my mother...

for a while.

But I told the cops

exactly who it was.

It's goddamn Travis

across the street.

I mean, he will come right up to

you and ask for money.

I wouldn't be surprised

if I came home one day

and Robbie's

PlayStation was gone.

But they didn't take that much

from Peggy's,

they just... they

trashed everything.

Maybe you should

answer it.

It's just Mike.

Maybe it's important,

he keeps calling you.

He's sleeping with that girl

from the car place.

He's gonna stay at his mom's

for a little while.

I'm so sorry, Kelli.

You all right?

What happened?

Um, I...

You hurt?

No?

Why don't you come on out and

come on to the back of my car?

You all right?

Well, they say you get your

license back eventually.

That's not what he said.

All right, let's talk about

this tomorrow, okay?

You got to get your sh*t

together, my mom's in there.

I thought you were gonna go and

stay at your mom's house.

And do what

with the kids?

You never came home.

He said I can go to

some kind of

f***ing clinic

instead of jail.

Kelli, what are you doing?

I'm rolling up

the window.

That's not my fault.

Okay.

You're welcome.

Mm-hmm.

Uh-huh...

Yeah.

Six, seven...

Uh-huh.

Can I call you back?

Hi.

I'd like to

get my...

window fixed on my car.

Okay.

Um, make and model?

'95 Escort station wagon.

I need a passenger glass

on a '95 Escort...

Station wagon.

It's a rush order.

It's not a rush order.

I'm not in

any hurry.

You know, I think you'd be

eligible for

the military discount.

No.

I don't want

any charity.

It's a really good deal.

Can I get a manager over here

to authorize

the military discount?

- I said I don't want it.

- Okay.

Okay?

I don't need any handouts.

All right.

Just your credit card then.

See, I gotta find one

that's not broken.

Where... where...

where you been?

Getting my sh*t done.

Not that you care.

- Look.

- What?

I got the car

fixed at Lambert's.

No big deal.

Hi, baby, hi.

Where's Jackie?

She's at church group.

Kelli, it's Tuesday.

Church group's on Monday.

- Sh*t.

- Yeah.

Jackie!

Oh!

You okay, baby?

Hi.

Thank you for

finding her.

Why weren't

they watching you?

I thought I could walk.

I'm big.

No, baby, you're not big.

Appreciate it, sir.

Come on.

Let's go home.

Well, do you

live here or not?

Because every time I come home

or I wake up, you're here.

What are you doing?

You can't take all

Brie's dishes.

What's she gonna eat off of?

I'm gonna take them

for now, okay?

Just temporary.

And I'm letting you have them

unsupervised on the weekends

if you promise to focus,

you know, unless any more of

this bullshit happens.

You're letting me?

Yeah.

Emergency?

What the f*** is this,

when did you get this?

Why would you

say it's an emergency?

It's just what they call

the order or whatever.

Okay, just calm down.

Yeah, you wouldn't know

an emergency

if it hit you

in the f***ing ass.

Are you f***ing kidding me?

What the hell

is wrong with you?

You left our child on the street

by Thompson Field.

Do you know who

hangs out down around there?

You're lucky she was still there

when you got back.

You're lucky the cops

didn't take her from you

right then and there, okay?

I mean, half the time you just

walk around staring at the floor

like a freaking zombie.

At least I'm not f***ing

the Lambert lady!

Nobody gives a sh*t

about the Lambert's lady.

You're here, okay?

You're back!

Be a goddamned mother!

Jesus.

Hi, um, I'm Kelli.

Hi, Kelli.

Kelli, do you want to

take this time to admit that

you're powerless

before alcohol?

Uh, I...

I don't know.

Why are you here?

Because I got a DUI.

But I, uh...

I'm... happy to be here

and to see people taking control

of their own lives...

you know?

Okay.

Hi, I'm Andrea.

Hi, Andrea.

It's not gonna be,

like, crazy blonde, right?

Nah, I'm just doing pieces.

You just here for

the three days?

Yeah, I guess.

I guess I got to go back.

You got a husband?

It's kind of hard to

say right now.

- Uh-oh.

- Yeah.

He's trying to take my kids.

I guess he got

really used to me being gone.

Where'd you go?

Uh, I was deployed.

Whoa.

That sucks,

and now he's leaving you?

Yup.

What were you doing there?

Re-supply.

I was mostly on

the base hospital.

Yeah...

A lot of people

had it a lot worse.

You still love him?

It's weird.

I don't know.

I just, I really want things

just to be like they were

before I left.

Oh, wow.

That ain't gonna happen.

You don't even

know him.

I know, but that

just never happens.

Except for that one time

when Superman flew around

the world backwards

and that was just a movie.

I mean, that's what Franklin

says in group all the time.

I know he can be a dick,

but he's right about that.

Think about it.

Okay.

- Sorry.

- That's okay.

It's just you don't know sh*t

about my family, okay?

I know, you're right.

Okay if I start you?

So you definitely

don't want to use it

to avoid hearing what people are

telling you, though, you know?

Okay.

Bud?

I pass.

Kelli, what about you?

Um...

Well...

some stuff in my life

really sucks right now

and, uh...

I shouldn't have gone on

a bender but... I did.

Okay.

Well, first, I'd like to

make an observation.

I observe that,

for a lot of us,

not just Kelli,

we're using alcohol and drugs

to respond to something else

that happened in our lives.

And a lot of times, if we can

just deal with our lives,

it can help us

in our recovery.

So, Kelli, I would invite you

to talk to us about

whatever stuff that "sucks,"

as you put it.

Well, um...

things haven't been the same

since I got back from the war

and...

my husband is leaving me...

and that's why I got

real drunk

and got a DUI,

but, um...

now he is taking

my kids...

and that's the worst part.

You know?

And all this stuff

causes you to drink.

I don't know, I mean, a little,

maybe, but...

I got a DUI, so...

You know, it can be

an important step

to talk through

whatever challenges or traumas

you might have encountered

over there.

Kelli.

Telling your trauma

is an important step.

I don't really

have a story for you.

- Which step is it?

- I beg your pardon?

Which step, which step

is it of the 12?

Well, it's not really one of

the steps, strictly speaking.

Mm-hmm.

You ever fight?

Me? No.

Well, I'll tell you something,

next time I get a DUI,

I'm taking jail time,

because you don't know sh*t

about what she's talking about.

Bye, babe.

Bye.

How long you staying?

You know, as long as they'll

have me,

but I'm mandatory

three more weeks.

They give you back

all your stuff?

Yeah.

Thanks.

Look, darling.

I'm not a cop or anything,

but you shouldn't be driving.

I know you got

six months suspension

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