Lilly committed suicide by hanging in a Halfway House in Chicago. Her Grandmother had passed away two days earlier. She was found the morning James was released from Jail, and it is believed that she was sober until she died.

Leonard returned to Las Vegas and retired. He subsequently died from complications due to AIDS. He was sober until he died. He never relapsed.

have a decision to make. It is a simple decision. It has nothing to do with God or Twelve of anything other than twelve beats of my heart. Yes or no. It is a simple decision. Yes or no.

We’re not going to a Bar. You might not be, but I am. You just got out of Rehab.

That’s my motherfucking Boy.

What were you scared of? Everything. And what happened? I decided not to be. Simple as that? Simple as that.

I know I am strong. I know I am strong enough to confront what I fear and I know I am strong enough to hold on until the fear goes away. I believe this in my heart.

I hear harmony and simplicity and patience, I hear discipline and compassion. I hear it all now. In this moment in this Clinic in this Room in this bed with my eyes closed. I hear it. Right now.

impressed by the way you’ve come to terms with your addictions and your life, I feel it is my responsibility to say it again. What? The odds of someone with your substance abuse history staying sober without tremendous amounts of support, both in AA and therapy, be it Individual therapy or Group therapy, are a million to one. A million to one at