Tom Pelphrey

And that sickness in us, that thing in me, as miserable as I was, is like, uh-uh.

We don't want to change things like this.

I think how terrifying it is to change needs to be given more prominence to understand why it is difficult for people to do.

I think that gets downplayed on a level because I like to talk in big language sometimes because I think these things are big and the feelings with them are big.

And if we use small language, we kind of downplay it.

But I think when we change, when we make a big change, especially you die.

and you are reborn because the you, the me that was drinking on that day did die.

It's terrifying.

The terror is, well, then who am I?

The terror was, what am I going to do on Thanksgiving?

What am I going to do on Christmas?

How am I ever going to go on a date again?

What is a vacation?

What is a celebration?

How am I going to last longer than one minute in the sack if I don't have three beers in me?

Bro, I never thought I'd do anything again.

How am I going to watch football?

Are any of my friends going to want to hang out with me?

What am I going to do with my friends if they do hang out with me?

It's your whole life at that point.