Being Charlie Page #5

She died in the '70s.

Oh, yeah. That's me,

old, black, and dead.

Ah, she got me through, like...

like three months

at this shitty place in Utah,

her and George carlin,

Lenny Bruce, Richard pryor,

lord Buckley.

What, you're some kind

of comedy expert?

Nah, I'm just more of a fan.

But I did do some open mics.

How'd that go?

I'm on a porch in rehab

playing to a crowd of one.

How do you think it went?

That was you.

Hmm?

The cloves. I smoked one

at the table earlier.

It was stuck in the mesh.

I smoked it.

Well, look...

Here you go.

Full one for the road.

You sure?

It's your last one.

Yeah, I've got another pack.

Thanks.

I get anxious here, too.

Sterile white walls.

Yeah.

There's nothing there.

Nothing but you.

All right, everybody, let's go.

Two vans. Two, please.

Whoa. What are you two

doing out here?

Just having a smoke

before the meeting.

Let's go.

I'll go back.

Charlie, you coming?

Yeah.

I'm Daniel,

and I'm an alcoholic.

- Hi, Daniel.

- Hi, Daniel.

Now, I'm going to be running

tonight's meeting.

But before we hear

from our speaker,

I'd like to hand out

some, uh, chips

for various lengths of sobriety.

Now, all of us have had

one day at some point.

And maybe some of us still do.

So are there any newcomers

who'd like to be recognized?

- - Yeah.

Chase, alcoholic.

- Hi, chase.

- Hi, chase.

I have 37 days, so technically

I'm not a newcomer,

but since we battle

this wiley demon

one day at a time,

I can't help but feel

like a newcomer every day,

so I want to share my

experience, strength, and hope.

Anybody with 30 days

of sobriety?

I know some of you see me

as a washed-up swashbuckler

who got bored

marauding the high seas,

but I've lived all

of my adult life in California.

- That's right.

- And as I stand here

at the start of my campaign,

I want to let my opponent know

that yo, ho, ho,

and the battle's begun!

60 days?

Anyone have 60 days?

God Grant me the Serenity

to accept the things

i cannot change,

the courage to change

the things I can,

and the wisdom

to know the difference.

Hey. Here you go.

You gonna give Harper hell,

Mr. mills?

You bet.

- Oh, man, I love your work.

- Thanks.

Hey, can I get

a selfie with you?

Yeah, sure.

Oh, this is great.

Oh, that's great. Thank you.

You're welcome.

When can we get out of here?

I feel like we're

all gonna be kidnapped

and forced to squeal like pigs.

Hey, how are you?

You have one more speech

in Eureka.

Then it's San Jose,

San Luis obispo, and Fresno.

Wait. I thought

we were going back to L.A.

Before picking back up. Hi.

From here till the election,

it's pretty much wall to wall.

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