- (Dave) How long you got, brother?
- (Lou) Two years.
- (Dave) Shit, you're an old timer.
- (Lou, laughs) Yea, right. I had two years before that, too. Went out with one beer.
- (Dave) I know what that's like.
- (Earl) Yea, I had two years, too.
- (Lou) Oh, good for you, man.
- (Earl) Went out with one beer.
- (Lou, laughs) You too, huh?
- (Dave) If you're going to have one beer, you might as well have orange juice.
- (Lou) You're sick if you don't drink the rest of it.
- (Dave, laughs) Yea, right?
- (Earl) Before that, I had two years.
- (Lou) What?
- (Earl) I had two years...when I went out on one beer.
- (Lou) Oh, okay, right.
- (Earl) Before that I had two years.
- (Lou, laughs) Sounds like we have similar stories.
- (Earl) Yea, it sounds like we have similar stories.
- (Lou) I had this thing happen to me though, a few days ago.
- (Dave) Hmm?
- (Lou) I drink a lot of coffee, right? For throughout my work, like eight espressos a day—I drive a cab.
- (Dave) Right.
- (Lou) But seven days ago I had to check into the emergency room.
- (Dave) Shit, what happened?
- (Lou) That day, I drank a cup of this thing called Nitro something—it's got a lot of caffeine. But I didn't know.
- (Dave) Yea.
- (Lou) So I drank another cup, and then I started having these heart palpitations. I didn't know what it was, but it wasn't normal. I started feeling dizzy and just panicked and went to the ER.
- (Dave) Yea, those drinks can fuck you up.
- (Lou) It was probably just a panic attack thinking I'm going to have a heart attack, but you never know.
- (Dave) Yea, you can escalate something you may not know you—All right, you know how people, sober people, right?
- (Lou) Yea.
- (Dave) They can drink those Rockstars—
- (Lou) Yea.
- (Dave) The Monsters—and I drink a lot of those, too. Sometimes two of them.
- (Lou) Oh, totally. It's like milk for some people.
- (Dave) So one day, I had some, and then during the meeting I start feeling sick. I gotta get up and leave the meeting—as soon as I walk out, I start puking all over the floor.
- (Lou) Oh, jeez.
- (Dave) I'm talkin' straight up puking out of nowhere—that shit didn't happen when I was drinking.
- (Lou) No, I know. A kid from the high school in my town died from those during football practice.
- (Earl) I was in the emergency, too, the other day.
- (Dave) Earl...
- (Lou) What happened?
- (Earl) It was like a week ago.
- (Lou) Yea.
- (Earl) Maybe eight days—
- (Dave) Earl—
- (Earl) I had these heart palpitations, you know, from drinking so much Nitro. I needed it to drive my Uber.
- (Lou) Who is this clown?
- (Dave) It's cool, man, ignore him. He comes here everyday, shares. We let him say what he wants—he loves the German chocolate this one girl brings in for the group—then he goes home.
- (Lou) Whatever gets you through the day, man.
- (Dave) It's five 'o clock. Meeting's starting.
- (Lou) Two years.
- (Dave) Shit, you're an old timer.
- (Lou, laughs) Yea, right. I had two years before that, too. Went out with one beer.
- (Dave) I know what that's like.
- (Earl) Yea, I had two years, too.
- (Lou) Oh, good for you, man.
- (Earl) Went out with one beer.
- (Lou, laughs) You too, huh?
- (Dave) If you're going to have one beer, you might as well have orange juice.
- (Lou) You're sick if you don't drink the rest of it.
- (Dave, laughs) Yea, right?
- (Earl) Before that, I had two years.
- (Lou) What?
- (Earl) I had two years...when I went out on one beer.
- (Lou) Oh, okay, right.
- (Earl) Before that I had two years.
- (Lou, laughs) Sounds like we have similar stories.
- (Earl) Yea, it sounds like we have similar stories.
- (Lou) I had this thing happen to me though, a few days ago.
- (Dave) Hmm?
- (Lou) I drink a lot of coffee, right? For throughout my work, like eight espressos a day—I drive a cab.
- (Dave) Right.
- (Lou) But seven days ago I had to check into the emergency room.
- (Dave) Shit, what happened?
- (Lou) That day, I drank a cup of this thing called Nitro something—it's got a lot of caffeine. But I didn't know.
- (Dave) Yea.
- (Lou) So I drank another cup, and then I started having these heart palpitations. I didn't know what it was, but it wasn't normal. I started feeling dizzy and just panicked and went to the ER.
- (Dave) Yea, those drinks can fuck you up.
- (Lou) It was probably just a panic attack thinking I'm going to have a heart attack, but you never know.
- (Dave) Yea, you can escalate something you may not know you—All right, you know how people, sober people, right?
- (Lou) Yea.
- (Dave) They can drink those Rockstars—
- (Lou) Yea.
- (Dave) The Monsters—and I drink a lot of those, too. Sometimes two of them.
- (Lou) Oh, totally. It's like milk for some people.
- (Dave) So one day, I had some, and then during the meeting I start feeling sick. I gotta get up and leave the meeting—as soon as I walk out, I start puking all over the floor.
- (Lou) Oh, jeez.
- (Dave) I'm talkin' straight up puking out of nowhere—that shit didn't happen when I was drinking.
- (Lou) No, I know. A kid from the high school in my town died from those during football practice.
- (Earl) I was in the emergency, too, the other day.
- (Dave) Earl...
- (Lou) What happened?
- (Earl) It was like a week ago.
- (Lou) Yea.
- (Earl) Maybe eight days—
- (Dave) Earl—
- (Earl) I had these heart palpitations, you know, from drinking so much Nitro. I needed it to drive my Uber.
- (Lou) Who is this clown?
- (Dave) It's cool, man, ignore him. He comes here everyday, shares. We let him say what he wants—he loves the German chocolate this one girl brings in for the group—then he goes home.
- (Lou) Whatever gets you through the day, man.
- (Dave) It's five 'o clock. Meeting's starting.
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