You decided to
leave sober living
because it was beneath you. That's not true.
You said it was dirty, it was like a sorority house.
It was loud.
I wasn't sleeping, and for me that's the first thing to go
and that's what causes me to start drinking.
Right.
We have you in front of the commode
at three in the afternoon down on your knees
and her yelling over your shoulder, "Are you drunk already?
"It's three in the afternoon."
What were you doing then?
Probably drinking.
Instead of being at the sober living facility.
Yeah.
Why?
Or at a meeting. I don't know.
Listen, I'll give you a few minutes to point out
what a worthless bitch she is in a minute, okay?
Oh, I'm not saying she's a worthless bitch.
No, yes you are actually,
and do not insult my intelligence.
I'm not.
By trying to think that I don't understand
how derogating you are comments are when you make them.
I am not a fool.
(audience applauding)
I am not a fool.
I don't know what happened.
I was doing so well.
And you left?
And I left, and I didn't wanna leave.
But you did.
I did.
You were sober.
I shouldn't have left.
I was sober.
Let's take a look at the timeline.
April 4th to July 4th, you stay at Hannah's House.
You didn't go through the motions,
you actually immersed yourself in the program.
Your mother even said that when she came to see you,
she had her daughter back for the first time, right?
Yes sir.
Then from the 5th to the 19th,
you're at the sober living facility.
So you're flying high here.
You've worked hard, and you've earned what you have.
Then from the 19th to the 26th,
you leave and stay at a hotel.
She leaves the hotel and she stays with you.
Well, she was thrown out of the hotel.
Yeah, I get it.
You've driven 1,800 miles in two days,
gotten an apartment, she moves in with you.
Correct.
And you say she smells of alcohol.
Correct.
Okay, so she's on my program up here.
Then she leaves and starts going downhill.
You move to town, now we're into August.
She starts bringing random men home, according to you.
How is that my fault?
Would she bring those men
to your house if you were 1,800 miles away?
No.
Okay, just checking.
Alright, at the end of August
she gets a job at a golf course around alcohol,
not the best idea.
Then September you guys start to argue again.
Then on the 26th, you say that you take her
to the hospital for a seven day hold
because she's hallucinating
and showing erratic behavior because of drinking.
Drinking and a combination
of the medications that she's been on.
I have bipolar disorder.
It was a medication problem. It was not.
Yes it was. You say that she's,
that Stephanie almost starts a fire in the house.
She says no, you say yes.
Michele takes Stephanie to the hospital,
two day hold for hallucinating and erratic behavior.
She calls nine, you call 911.
She goes to jail for seven days.
You complain they're not as nice as the jails in New Jersey.
(audience laughs)
You're fired from the golf course for missing work.
You say you quit, but it just seems to me
that when you're doing what we planned, you're up here.
You go on your own program
and then you and your mother get working together,
and then you're just headed right downhill.