He won't accept our help. Not Don, he hates us. He wants to be alone with that bottle of...
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Wick Birnem:
If it happens, it happens and I hope it does. I've had six years of this. I've had my bellyfull... Who are we fooling? We've tried everything, haven't we? We've reasoned with him. We've baited him. We've watched him like a hawk. We've tried trusting him. How often have you cried? How often have I beaten him up? Scrape him out of a gutter and pump some kind of self-respect into him and back he falls, back in every time. Helen St. James:
He's a sick person. It's as though there was something wrong with his heart or his lungs. You wouldn't walk out on him if he had an attack. He needs our help. Wick Birnem:
He won't accept our help. Not Don, he hates us. He wants to be alone with that bottle of his. It's all he gives a hang about. Why kid ourselves? He's a hopeless alcoholic
If it happens, it happens and I hope it does. I've had six years of this. I've had my bellyfull... Who are we fooling? We've tried everything, haven't we? We've reasoned with him. We've baited him. We've watched him like a hawk. We've tried trusting him. How often have you cried? How often have I beaten him up? Scrape him out of a gutter and pump some kind of self-respect into him and back he falls, back in every time. Helen St. James:
He's a sick person. It's as though there was something wrong with his heart or his lungs. You wouldn't walk out on him if he had an attack. He needs our help. Wick Birnem:
He won't accept our help. Not Don, he hates us. He wants to be alone with that bottle of his. It's all he gives a hang about. Why kid ourselves? He's a hopeless alcoholic
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Oh Helen if it happens it happens and I hope it does
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I've had six years of this I've had my belly full
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Wick you can't mean that Yes I do
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It's terrible I know but I mean it For heaven's sakes
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Who are we fooling We've tried everything haven't we
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We've reasoned with him babied him watched him like a hawk
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We've tried trusting him How often have you tried
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How often have I beaten him up
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Scrape him out of a gutter and pump some kind of self respect into him
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and back he falls back in every time
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He's a sick person
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It's as though something were wrong with his heart or lungs
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You wouldn't walk out on him if he had an attack He needs our help
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He won't accept our help Not Don he hates us
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He wants to be alone with that bottle of his
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It's all he gives a hang about
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Why kid ourselves He's a hopeless alcoholic
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Movie Summary
The desperate life of a chronic alcoholic is followed through a four-day drinking bout.
Actors
Helen St. James
