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After years in the twelve steps of Alcoholics Anonymous, James becomes a sponsor to newcomer Luka. The pair bond over black coffee, trade stories and build a fragile friendship out of their shared experiences. But as Luka approaches step five – the moment of confession – dangerous truths emerge, threatening the trust on which both of their recoveries depend.
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00:00I think I might be an incel
00:07If you don't tell someone, your sponsor or whoever, you'll start drinking again
00:12It's basic fourth and fifth step stuff
00:16The point is to divest yourself of shame
00:19So it's like a confession if you're Catholic?
00:21Yeah, to God of your own understanding
00:23That chair could be your God
00:24I don't get that
00:25A paper cup, whatever
00:27How could a paper cup be God?
00:30The important thing is to get involved with the programme of recovery, the steps
00:33The twelve steps
00:34And that's why you need a sponsor
00:39You only have sex three times a year?
00:41About that, yeah
00:41That's nothing
00:42That's more than you're having
00:43I was on the treadmill, right?
00:49Guess who what then?
00:50Willem Dafoe
00:51Now that is a spiritual awakening
00:53It's come to my attention that you've been lying to me
00:58Well I haven't
00:59No it's not a spiritual
01:00Listen son, don't lie to me
01:03There's no right and wrong
01:04It's the fifth step
01:05So what?
01:06So it's all about right and wrong
01:08Goes
01:08There is no right for you
01:08If it's not a spiritual awakening
01:09And is no right for you
01:14The sea
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