Hank Azaria

So becoming aware of them was part of my, that's the first part of my amends.

And then using my best judgment and compassion and deciding how I can be sensitive to that.

That's where I ended up.

And that applied to my personal life and all these things.

And then seven years out, a lot of my recovery in Al-Anon was, well, what do I like if I'm not following around somebody and worrying about them?

What do I like to do?

What serves me?

One of the things I liked to do was drink, I discovered.

When left to my own devices, I always did.

And at first it was kind of healthy because it was keeping me out of getting into the next crazy codependent relationship.

But then that got away from me.

And it's about five years in all that.

Why would it keep you out of those?

Because it was just, you would just get drunk and not be yourself?

I think in order to tolerate not being with someone, I needed to drink around that.

And that sort of kept me... It was like liquid courage for not being... Being alone.

Yeah, for being alone.

It was an antidote to loneliness.

Got it.

And... Do you think human beings are meant to be coupled?