Mom Season 3
The group of women were at their nightly A.A. meeting and Julian (Joe Manganiello) came in. It happens to be his first AA meeting.
Wendy spoke up, telling him that this meeting is for women only, but was quickly talked down and the remaining women were more than happy to have him attend, seeing he is such a hunk. After the meeting, nearly every woman there hit on him, except Christy.
He went back to his hotel room where he was staying after his wife and children threw him out of his home. He was in terrible shape but manages to stay sober that evening finding the meeting helped.
The next evening, Bonnie & Jill went to a ball for the homeless. Christy stayed at home, she had a ton of school work to do and she was banging away on her computer, in sweats and her hair hanging all about. She stopped to take a phone call, "Hello, Oh, hi, Julian, what's up? You doing okay?" She listened to him and replied, "Yeah, it's hard in the beginning. That's why we do it "one day at a time." She listened to him again and replied, "Um, coffee? Wow, uh, I'm actually pretty busy right now. No, don't call anyone else on the list. I'll be there in ten." She stopped and looked down at what she was wearing, she blurted out again, "Forty-five minutes." She hung up, slammed her computer shut and raced upstairs to shower and change.
While she was changing, Bonnie and Jill rode in a limo to the ball. They were drinking ginger-ale out of champagne glasses. Jill had a six thousand dollar red gown on and her short light blonde hair was styled perfectly. Bonnie just as hot in a gold and black dress.
Jill was recounting how she spoiled the last ball with her drunk tirade. She set the drapes on fire and tried to put it out with the chocolate fountain.
Christy, after showering and washing her hair, she had it down straight and it was now a longer platinum blonde, She donned a tailored pair of black slacks, a red halter and a sexy pink and white sweater unbuttoned to just below her firm breasts, showing off her ample chest.
She found him at the coffee shop all alone, sipping a coffee. She came up behind him, "Sorry, I hope I didn't keep you waiting."
He stood up, "Not at all. Thanks for coming." He helped her in her chair.
She smiled at him, "Hey, it's what we do. So...so what's going on?"
He sat back down, "Just having a rough night. I was trying to watch TV, but the hotel mini-bar started talking to me."
"Yeah, those little airplane bottles are the worst." In a comic high voice she called out, "Drink me, drink me, I'm too small to hurt you"
He sat back, "It's not just the booze. My head won't shut up. It's like every stupid thing I've ever done is running on a loop over and over again."
She nodded, "I know that loop. Here's what you need to remember, your mind is out to get you. It wants you to drink again. But you did the exact right thing. Instead of listening to it, you called someone."
"I'm glad I did."
She gave him a weak smile, "Me too." She paused a moment, "But....just out of curiosity, why did you call me?"
"You were the only woman at that meeting who didn't give me a full-frontal hug."
Christy nodded, "I did see a couple of the ladies grinding on you."
"The tall brunette practically gave me a lap dance."
"Yeah, she's weird. We're trying to get rid of her."
He chuckled, "So how long have you been sober?"
"Two and a half years."
He threw a hand up, "Wow! Is it hard?"
"Staying sober? No. Living? That's a bitch."
He smiled at her, "I think I called the right person. He too paused a moment, "Hey, you want a coffee?"
She nodded, "Decaf."
He turned to the nearby waitress, "Uh, excuse me, miss? Can we get a decaf over here?"
With his back turned she whispered out, "I Love You!"
After she got her coffee she took a sip, "So when did you start drinking?"
"High school."
She rolled her eyes, "Ooh, a late bloomer."
He chuckled, "I guess so. Me and my friends would get drunk on the weekend. No big deal, then college, everybody's hammered. Because, well, it's college. You know I still managed to graduate. Got a good job. Married my girlfriend. Had two great kids. Everything was perfect, ---Except...except I was drinking vodka in the shower. And I was showering three times a day."
She nodded, "I used to hide it in the shampoo bottles."
He took a sip of his coffee, "What a great idea."
"Yeah, I was like a drunk MacGyver."
"Next think you know, I'm not coming home for days on end. When I am home, I'm doing my best not to drink but, all that does is make me angry. I mean, really angry. It got so my own kids were scared of me."
She looked down, "Been there."
"When my wife threw me out, I was relieved. Because now I can finally drink the way I wanted to."
"So what made you come to that meeting?"
"It was my daughter's birthday last week. She didn't want to see me." He began to sob and buried his face in his arms on the table.
Christy looked around, "I didn't do this." She patted him on the shoulder, "It's - it's gonna be okay" She squeezed his arm and looked around, "Wow!"
After a while he collected himself and asked her to come to his hotel room and help get rid of the booze. In the hall she called out to him, "Okay, I'm just gonna get all the liquor from the minibar and then...be on my way."
He stopped at the door, "Thank you, I just don't trust myself not to touch it."