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posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 05:25am on 2005-09-13 under

From the television show The West Wing, in the episode "Take Out the Trash Day":

Karen Larsen (played by Liza Weil): Is that why you drank and took drugs?

Leo McGarry (played by John Spencer): I drank and took drugs 'cause I'm a drug addict and an alcoholic.

Karen Larsen: How long did it take you to get cured?

Leo McGarry: I'm not cured. You don't get cured. I haven't had a drink, or a pill, in six and a half years. Which isn't to say I won't have one tomorrow.

Karen Larsen: What would happen if you did?

Leo McGarry: I don't know. But probably a nightmare the likes of which both our fathers experienced, and me too.

Karen Larsen: And ... So after six and a half years you're still not allowed to have a drink?

Leo McGarry: The problem is that I don't want a drink. I want ten drinks.

Karen Larsen: Are things that bad?

Leo McGarry: No.

Karen Larsen: Then why?

Leo McGarry: 'Cause I'm an alcoholic.

Karen Larsen: I don't understand.

Leo McGarry: I know. It's okay, hardly anyone does. It's very hard to understand.

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