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Dialogue :
ALCOHOLISM
dialogue 1
Jingjing: Mark, now are you ready to tell me about your ______?
Mark: You're going to ——— that every week, _____?
Jingjing: I_____when you've told me _______.
Mark: Fine, then. I'll_______: I haven't ________ this year.
Jingjing: Really, Mark. I knew you were _aaa, but I didn't know_______.
Mark: Well, once again, I _______ in a few weeks, or _______, with something interesting. For now, it's just ______ about _______: going to ______ early, eating ______ a day and few ______, ______.
Jingjing: Those are______, but good ones to _____. Say, about ____, you told me you used to drink ________. Was that ______ you to stop?
Mark: Not really. I used to have a _______. Once I changed jobs, there ______be _____.
Jingjing: So, it was kind of _______. Getting ____ also____, I bet.
Mark: It did. I______ a few years ____.
Jingjing: Oh yeah? What _____?
Mark: Only_____ a week.
Jingjing: That's pretty ______. Do you______?
Mark: Sure. If I have __________, I just make sure to _______ the next week.
Jingjing: That sounds ______. Of course, you're still having more than _______.
Mark: That doesn't ________. Anyway, it ______ what Frank Sinatra said.
Jingjing: Frank Sinatra,______ from the _____s?
Mark: That's the one. He said, “I feel sorry for people _______. When they _______ the morning, that's_______they're going to feel all day.”
Jingjing: Didn't he only _______?
Mark: Yeah, sadly. When his _______ told him his______ was going to_______, he just ________.
Jingjing: Too bad he didn't quit ________, or _______completely.
dialogue 2
Jingjing: Mark, that was_____. Didn't you _______?
Mark: Nah, I just______with water. Wanna see what I _______?
Jingjing: Sure. ________about these_____? I know most of them.
Mark: It's a list of _______, including _______ also.
Jingjing: Hmm, _______, really—except Elton John and Stephen King.
Mark: Yeah, Elton John________ drugs and _______, then______ his life and went on to ____ other stars.
Jingjing: What about Stephen King,_____?
Mark: Nah, he got into______. His family_______, and ______ bottles and other ______.
Jingjing: Did he_____?
Mark: I think so. But I'm________ and wouldn't be ______ if______ kept him from _______ later on.
Jingjing: What would you ____ for someone who has ______?
Mark: Look into a Twelve Step program and go to an AA _____. Some people just need to______ and _______, though.
Jingjing: ________. What does Al-anon ______?
Mark: Well, they ________ who's been _______ for more than a year. In their _______what's going on ______, problems that would_____.
Jingjing: _______ like that are better than_________. Hey, you seem to know a lot about AA. Did you _______ that?
Mark: Jingjing, it's_______! And, no. I________ about it, though.
Jingjing: Oh yeah? What's_______?
Mark: Thanks for Sharing. _______ Tim Robbins, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Mark Ruffalo.
Jingjing: I'll _______. Good talk, Mark!
new words and phrases
spill the beans:
run-of-the-mill:
wine:
the hard stuff:
the sauce:
intervention:
turn oneself around:
live like a rock star:
AA (a.k.a. Al-anon, Alcoholics Anonymous):
hit rock bottom:
rehab:
sober: