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ROBIN: I love the feeling of drinking alcohol.
PRODUCER: Oh, oh, oh, careful.
Oh!
♪
DUNCAN: The guy's an accomplished airline pilot.
SCOTT: Now Robin is usually passed out.
ROBIN: You put me on "go,"
and I'm gone.
♪
ROBIN: I'm allowed to talk to my kid once a week.
SCOTT: This is the consequences of what you've done.
ROBIN: I've lost friends.
I've lost respect.
ROBIN: Alcohol took everything away from me.
TOM: Robin's rock bottom is death.
ROBIN: And that makes me a great pilot.
♪
♪
♪
♪
ROBIN: What kind of plane we got coming in here?
My name's Robin.
JACQUIE: Look, I see the...
ROBIN: It's coming off right here.
JACQUIE: Oh, it's coming off.
ROBIN: He's at 500 feet.
JACQUIE: He just always loved planes.
ROBIN: I love sitting here, like...
Like, look out there. Listen to that.
Just the sound of that is just kick‐ass.
JACQUIE: He was a very sought‐after pilot.
CHRISTINE: He's done some amazing jobs as a pilot.
ROBIN: I used to taxi down this ramp.
I'm the best pilot you'll ever meet.
But...
I'm an alcoholic.
ROBIN: I will drink 24 beers per day.
ROBIN: Drinking heavily frees me
from feeling stress...
anger...
worthlessness.
DUNCAN: Robin drinks to excess.
ROBIN: It's probably the spot.
Oh!
DUNCAN: He drinks to pass out.
Bottom line.
TOM: He had 200 bucks a couple weeks ago.
He stayed in his room, and he drank $200 worth of beer
in four or five days.
ROBIN: Augh...
TOM: It's a serious problem.
♪
ROBIN: We're gonna go into the liquor depot
and get what I need,
and I'll call it beer budgeting.
I'll get enough so that tomorrow
I'll have a couple left in the morning,
so that I don't feel like [bleep].
SCOTT: Robin is usually either passed out,
usually bleeding from something.
CHRISTINE: Robin has been in the hospital in Edmonton
three times in the last three months.
JACQUIE: His bloodwork is not healthy.
His kidney function isn't great.
SCOTT: I haven't seen Robin sober in a long, long time.
DUNCAN: I don't ever see him anymore.
I've thrown him out of my house twice.
I threw him out the front door. I told him never to come back.
SCOTT: It's sad to say that my memories of...
what he was like are slipping away.
SCOTT: His system is shutting down.
He's a shell.
♪
ROBIN: I'm the third‐born of three children.
DUNCAN: Robin was a happy kid.
We didn't have to worry about
where our next meal was coming from,
if there was toys for our birthday.
We didn't go without at all.
SCOTT: We had an incredibly happy childhood.
TOM: He was just that fun little guy,
because he has always been little.
And his brothers would pick on him and make fun of him
because he was short.
DUNCAN: Scott and I teased Robin about his height.
ROBIN: My brothers would bug me about it
all the time.
Robin tried to do well at everything.
TOM: When he played hockey,
he always made the top team,
and you'd see pictures of him on the team,
and all the kids would be this tall,
and Robin was this tall.
ROBIN: I was always the perfect person,
the perfect student,
the perfect everything.
TOM: Like, he was our little dream child,
for off to university, and we had such high hopes.
ROBIN: Like, I didn't want to go to university.
I wanted to be a pilot.
ROBIN: When I was four years old,
my grandpa used to take me out of school,
tell the teacher I had a doctor's appointment,
and then we used to drive down to where the airport is
and sit there and watch airplanes.
I was exhilarated.
So, when I went to university,
I was trying to please my parents.
♪
JACQUIE: Robin was a server.
I was a lounge server.
After shift, we all...
partied quite a bit.
ROBIN: When I was in high school,
very shy person,
and then I went to university,
and alcohol released that.
You all of the sudden become this different person.
JACQUIE: Robin actually, back then,
was known as "Fun Bobby."
As his shift neared its close,
he would get very drunk.
He would have a coffee mug, if it was winter,
and it would be filled with red wine.
SCOTT: He started drinking hard
because the access that the restaurant allowed him.
JACQUIE: I did cash in the morning, and I'd open the doors,
and he's wrapped around a booth.
I didn't really know
that level of drunk.
ROBIN: I started drinking to relieve my shyness,
and I kept going.
ROBIN: It was totalled,
so I'm not gonna call my dad, because my dad, he gets mad.
So I call my mom,
and my mom, probably for the first time in her life,
lied to my dad...
about how that car was totalled.
CHRISTINE: I guess I covered that up for him,
and maybe if I hadn't,
things would have been different.
I don't know.
SCOTT: He hasn't had to deal with the consequences that
a lot of people would have to deal with.
It's like the Zamboni comes over and sweeps the ice rink clean,
and there you go, a fresh surface again.
And he keeps getting‐‐ Robin keeps getting a fresh surface.
JACQUIE: He had been talking about, you know,
how cool it would be to be a pilot.
JACQUIE: I said, Robin, there's a training place downtown,
and why don't we just drive there and go talk to somebody,
and see what happens‐‐ like, how do you become a pilot?
JACQUIE: When he got into that pilot school,
what he's always dreamed of doing,
he stopped drinking,
and he didn't drink.
ROBIN: I realized that my main purpose
in this life is to be a pilot.
SCOTT: Robin wanted to be a pilot,
so he worked to be a pilot,
I think harder than most people work at anything.
TOM: He was sober, and he just buzzed through everything.
ROBIN: I worked for Michael Bolton for two months.
We went to these places like
Wendover, Utah; Seattle;
all these different places.
Every day, we'd get out of the plane,
into the limo, went to a concert.
It was the funnest experience of my life.
JACQUIE: He's a great pilot,
and he's flown so many planes.
He can fly almost anything.
SCOTT: He had everything he always wanted.
He was a happy, happy guy.
ROBIN: I was living the perfect life.
I loved making my kids laugh
and making them happy.
JACQUIE: For a while, Robin was flying up north.
And the weather would change,
and he'd be stuck up there for a week.
ROBIN: The flying is not the stressful part.
It's the stress of being away from your family.
I missed my second child's third birthday.
I missed my first child's first birthday.
So I would grab a 12‐pack.
Drinking was the only way I knew
to numb the feeling of loneliness.
CHRISTINE: I think he just sort of got into a downward spiral
and was drinking all the time.
TOM: He'd get a job, a good job.
He'd start to drink.
Poof‐‐ out of there.
ROBIN: I've lost friends.
I lost respect from pretty much everybody.
TOM: His wife wouldn't put up with Robin's drinking.
He promised so many times he would stop.
ROBIN: I love her...
through and through,
and I would do anything for that person,
but I failed her.
Having to come home and have your wife
drag you out of your car,
throw you in bed in front of your child,
and say, "Daddy's just sick."
SCOTT: Robin would drink,
and his wife would get home from work,
and there'd be broken bottles on the floor.
And there's a baby in the crib, and the window's open.
‐40 weather,
and Robin's passed out somewhere on the floor.
TOM: Eventually, she told him, "Get out."
ROBIN: I went on a two‐week bender.
I fell down and hit my head
and had the police and the EMS,
and all this.
CHRISTINE: We didn't know where he was.
We phoned a couple of the hospitals and found him,
and we got him a plane ticket,
and he came back here.
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
ROBIN: Hi, Dad.
ROBIN: [sighs] I had to cancel a medical appointment today
because I don't feel good.
I can't take a [beep] job
because I can't do my medical.
♪
JACQUIE: He's got nothing left to live for.
♪
ROBIN: My wife left me,
my children left me.
Now everything is gone.
Everything is gone.
TOM: He says all the time, "I don't care if it kills me."
ROBIN: [beep]
ROBIN: [beep] No, no.
JACQUIE: Robin will die if he doesn't accept treatment.
ROBIN: [groans]
JACQUIE: There's not a question in my mind.
CHRISTINE: The last few months,
it hasn't been pleasant.
Robin doesn't come upstairs.
He gets angry a lot quicker.
I get upset,
but I can't throw him out.
TOM: Rob? ROBIN: Yes, sir?
TOM: You know I collected all that bottles and stuff
out of your room the other day, to get rid of the stink.
Is there any more in there?
ROBIN: There is some in there. There's two.
ROBIN: Okay, fine, go. Right behind the door.
TOM: Okay. Thank you.
ROBIN: But leave the two that are full in there.
TOM: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
TOM: I've enabled him to continue living in our basement.
But he's my son, and I've told him, like,
no matter what you do,
I can't not love you.
Because you are my son.
DUNCAN: Robin living in their basement,
it's just a bad situation.
Nobody should have to look after a 43‐year‐old guy.
They should be living the best years of their life right now.
♪
♪
[phone rings]
STUDENT: [on phone] Morning.
ROBIN: Sorry I missed your call last night.
STUDENT: It's all good.
ROBIN: Did you study last night or did you take the night off?
STUDENT: I took the night off. ROBIN: Good.
What are we doing today?
ROBIN: What's the max take‐off weight?
ROBIN: What's the zero fuel weight?
ROBIN: Do you take off the flaps or no flaps?
ROBIN: Exactly.
You're doing good so far.
STUDENT: Yeah...
JACQUIE: A lot of pilots pay for his services.
He can fly almost anything, so he's sought‐after.
ROBIN: You can call me
before you step in that SIM,
and we'll pep talk you before you get inside there.
Okay? STUDENT: Yeah.
ROBIN: All right, big guy.
ROBIN: Talk to you in a bit.
ROBIN: I'm good at it.
ROBIN: I'm gonna go for a little walk.
CHRISTINE: Whatever that meant.
CHRISTINE: Or good morning. Could have been either one.
ROBIN: I wake up every day, and this is what I do.
You put me on "go"...
and I'm gone.
[phone rings]
ROBIN: What do you want?
ROBIN: Okay, what questions do you want?
ROBIN: Okay, well, you do what I told you to do.
You go to the heart of the SOPs,
you learn those numbers.
Max take‐off weight?
ROBIN: You're done.
You just passed ground school.
If you want to make spaghetti, and you don't want to‐‐
know how to make spaghetti, call me.
ROBIN: And I'll help you make some spaghetti.
It's okay.
ROBIN: Right now, we're getting you through ground school, okay?
ROBIN: If they ask you a question,
just say, "I've gotta take a bathroom break,"
and then call me.
ROBIN: Do I help you out?
ROBIN: Do you help me out?
ROBIN: Then keep it going.
ROBIN: Good. I'll talk to you later.
STUDENT: Okay, bye. ROBIN: All right.
ROBIN: Let's make it home. How about that?
SCOTT: All I hear about from other people is that
he is an amazing pilot.
DUNCAN: I mean, he's certified on multiple planes
and multiple engines,
and he's ruined his life.
ROBIN: Cessna 185.
That's it.
That's all I got.
DUNCAN: And personally, I don't think he can get it back.
[thunder rolling]
[thunder rolling]
ROBIN: There's a little bit of wind.
It's fine.
It's moving to the southeast,
and that's because of the direction of the wind
across the mountains.
I have got this, like, unnatural knowledge
of what happens with the weather.
I know when to go,
I know when to not go,
and I want people to be there safe.
And that...
makes me a great pilot.
♪
ROBIN: The only time I feel I know something
is when I'm flying.
But alcohol took everything away from me.
TOM: He has a family.
He could make a fortune flying big, big airplanes.
But he screwed that up, and now...
he'll be on the street, and we won't know if he's dead.
We won't know if he's alive.
PRODUCER: Robin... oh! [thud]
ROBIN: [groans]
TOM: Man alive, like, I don't know if I can live with that!
ROBIN: Yeah.
TOM: Does that hurt, Rob?
ROBIN: Not even hurt, it's just...
TOM: Holy mackerel.
ROBIN: Yeah.
♪
TOM: Look, oh, geez.
ROBIN: [crying]
TOM: It's too many times, Robin.
You do this, and then you know that it makes you hurt.
ROBIN: Okay.
TOM: Something to hang onto, so you don't fall down.
ROBIN: Yeah.
TOM: Oh, be careful, careful.
ROBIN: Okay, in there.
ROBIN: I'm in bed. TOM: Okay.
Okay, buddy.
CHRISTINE: I worry mostly about his safety.
He has fallen and hurt himself several times,
including last night.
TOM: So, yeah, you fell down and hit your head
on one of Mom's flower pots. ROBIN: Uh‐huh.
TOM: I think maybe you're still a little drunk.
ROBIN: Oh, most likely.
TOM: Most likely, yeah.
ROBIN: I can't stand the fact that I live at home
with my parents at 42,
and I lost my family.
So...
...alcohol took away everything from my life.
It stole my family from me,
and yet the only time I can talk to them
is if I'm drunk, because I'm ashamed.
[phone rings]
WIFE: What do you want?
ROBIN: Wanted to...
ROBIN: I want to say hi...
WIFE: Okay, bye‐bye.
ROBIN: No, no, no, no, no, no.
WIFE: Bye‐bye.
JODI: Hi. TOM: It's Grandpa.
JODIE: You know Grandpa. TOM: This is my grandpa.
Yes. Oh, yeah.
SCOTT: My parents don't really know my son.
He's my first son. He's just 10 months old.
There was an incident at Christmas where
my wife was holding the baby in her arms.
I had to go out to the car to get something,
and when I came back in, Robin had taken my son
sort of forcefully,
and he was drunk.
With Robin living at their house,
my wife doesn't want to go over there.
I don't feel it's safe, and it's just not comfortable.
TOM: That's my guy!
There!
You're very clever.
You're very clever. JODIE: Aww.
DUNCAN: Scott and I have never been with Robin
in quite a long time,
all three of us together at once.
CHRISTINE: He's down in his room.
CHRISTINE: I think so, yeah.
DUNCAN: Okay.
DUNCAN: I don't know what's going to happen.
ROBIN: I got a good one.
There you go.
I got that one right there.
TOM: You can't roll it in it.
SCOTT: Oh, yeah, that's how you do it, isn't it?
DUNCAN: What, spin it around? TOM: Yeah.
ROBIN: What's the big guy eating there, Scott?
SCOTT: I don't know, some sort of puff.
ROBIN: A puff of some sort.
♪
ROBIN: You got your own chair and everything.
ROBIN: How old's Charlie now, Scott?
About 10 months?
SCOTT: Yep.
SCOTT: Don't seem to do much else.
SCOTT: How about those Oilers?
SCOTT: That's nice.
JODIE: You don't think it pisses me off that my son
doesn't see his grandparents
because we don't feel safe coming around here?
But you don't really give us an option.
ROBIN: Why don't you say something nice to me?
SCOTT: No.
ROBIN: No?
ROBIN: Will you stop?
SCOTT: He's been upsetting Mom for 20 years.
JODIE: Robin, enough! SCOTT: You can barely stand up.
JODIE: Scott's trying to help you!
ROBIN: I'm sorry I make everyone feel uncomfortable
and blah, blah, blah.
SCOTT: Maybe it's time to look inwards and see
why nobody wants to be around you.
SCOTT: I don't know, I rarely even hear you mention them.
ROBIN: Never tell me I don't care about my kids.
JODIE: Prove it! SCOTT: You just keep‐‐
JODIE: Prove that you like those kids!
Sober yourself up, and get them back!
ROBIN: I'm allowed to talk to my kids once...
...a week.
SCOTT: Doesn't that make you want to maybe get better?
ROBIN: I can't go home.
SCOTT: This is the consequences of what you've done.
ROBIN: I can't go home.
SCOTT: You act like there's nothing you can do about it.
ROBIN: It has everything to do with me.
SCOTT: And there is something you can do about it.
♪
♪
TOM: This conversation is over.
I'm leaving the table.
Scott, you're gonna leave the table.
And the conversation is finished.
SCOTT: My family has all but disintegrated
since Robin has come back in the picture.
We used to be so close.
DUNCAN: It affects everybody.
He's ruining everyone's life.
SCOTT: I think Robin still has a chance,
because I know he's in there somewhere.
♪
ANDREW: I'm Andrew Galloway,
and I'm gonna be your interventionist tomorrow.
It takes a lot of courage to be here,
and I know there's lots of reasons to be here.
We can be here because we're really angry,
we can be here because we're scared to death.
But mostly, we're here because we love Robin.
ANDREW: So, is this something you've been seeing going on
for a long period of time?
CHRISTINE: Just over 20 years.
ANDREW: And when we think of alcoholism, if not treated,
is going to get worse and worse and worse,
and ultimately, we end up at death.
Which is why we're here, and we're trying to avoid that.
TOM: Everybody's tried to help, but Robin won't help himself.
It's hard to understand‐‐ like, he was such a terrific person.
ANDREW: So tell me a little bit about growing up with him.
SCOTT: I think he's always wanted to be
sort of this weird sense of perfection.
Like, he's sort of so anxious about everything.
JACQUIE: He's always been the best at what he does.
He was the best bartender at our restaurant,
he was the best private pilot,
he got his private pilot license done the fastest.
ANDREW: So it sounds like he puts pretty high expectations
on himself too, like he has this idea he's supposed to be here,
and if I'm not there, then it's not good enough.
DUNCAN: But at some point, come on.
Find a way to make it better.
ANDREW: He did. He drank.
DUNCAN: Okay. Yeah, you got me.
ANDREW: I mean, that's the problem, right,
is that he never did learn a different way to change
whatever was going on inside of him.
TOM: Like, there was never any reason, it seemed,
to sit down and get serious about, you know, like,
how are you feeling about that?
Like, we didn't talk about those things.
SCOTT: It's like... the Robin Problem.
It's something in the room you don't talk about.
ANDREW: It's hard for families to talk about
the difficult issues.
SCOTT: But you've gotta do it once in a while, I think.
DUNCAN: Like, you're 42 or 43,
or whatever the hell he is, right?
CHRISTINE: 42.
DUNCAN: Like... deal with your [bleep].
If you're not going to,
don't pile it on everyone else.
ANDREW: Duncan, you're filled with
I'd say, a lot of anger.
DUNCAN: Well, I'm angry 'cause I have to be here.
I have to be dealing with
something I don't want to be dealing with.
ANDREW: What would you like to see your parents do?
DUNCAN: Kick him out.
CHRISTINE: I'm sure that I am a huge part of it,
and I'm sure I've enabled him along the way.
Covered up a lot of things that he did.
ANDREW: What do you mean you covered up?
CHRISTINE: Well, if he had a car accident that he was drinking,
his dad never knew that he had...
ANDREW: And why would we keep something like that
from his dad?
CHRISTINE: So he wouldn't be angry with Robin.
ANDREW: Don't you think that he should be angry with Robin?
CHRISTINE: Yes, he should be angry with Robin,
but that's just what I did.
ANDREW: So, he never really ever has consequences?
TOM: No. It's, uh...
ANDREW: No one's done anything wrong here.
Now, where you are a little bit responsible
is keeping him in his disease.
He lives in your house.
You provide for him.
TOM: If he dies in the basement, you know what?
Hurts me to say it, but I could live with that.
But if he died on the street,
in the gutter, and nobody knew,
and nobody was there to comfort him in his last minutes...
Holy [beep]. Like, I couldn't...
Like, the thought of that just...
And that's why I leave a door unlocked.
ANDREW: In both your scenarios, he ends up dead.
TOM: He has to get treatment.
He has to.
♪
♪
ANDREW: What's scaring you right now?
CHRISTINE: I'm afraid he won't go.
And I don't know what'll happen if he doesn't.
And I'm also afraid to say, "You can't ever come home
"if you don't go."
ANDREW: We need to be able to establish some boundaries.
If we're not capable of following through,
you're going to sabotage
our intervention to some degree.
SCOTT: It has... it has to end,
'cause I can't keep going like this.
I can't watch it happen anymore.
[sniffs]
♪
CHRISTINE: It will be very hard.
♪ CHRISTINE: It will be very hard.
ANDREW: How are we feeling about our bottom lines?
CHRISTINE: That's really a tough one.
ANDREW: If he decides not to go,
he's gonna bank on you caving.
ROBIN: Let's do this.
♪
♪
ROBIN: In here?
Okay.
ANDREW: Hey, Robin.
Come on in. I'm Andrew.
ROBIN: Hey, how are you doing? ANDREW: Nice to meet you.
ROBIN: I don't know you yet. ANDREW: We haven't met yet.
ROBIN: So, well, it's good to meet you.
Who are you?
ANDREW: Well, I'm here on behalf of your family.
As you can see, your family is all here.
ROBIN: [beep]
ANDREW: Yeah. You okay?
Take a breath.
ROBIN: What the hell's going on?
ANDREW: You all right?
ROBIN: I'm not now.
I thought I was just gonna be here by myself.
ANDREW: Well, everyone's here because they love you,
and they're worried about you.
Everyone's written a letter
expressing their love and concern.
Are you okay if we read some letters?
ROBIN: Give me a second. ANDREW: Yeah.
SCOTT: "Robin, I'm here today because I love you,
"and I miss you,
"and I'm worried about you constantly.
"I'm deeply saddened that my little boy
"does not know you, his uncle.
"If you will not accept this offer,
"I'm going to have to walk away from you forever,
"in order to focus on my own life."
ROBIN: [sighs] JACQUIE: [sighs]
"Robin... dude.
"I took you into Centennial Air
"and signed you up for ground school,
"all because you had always had such a love of airplanes.
"After that day, you never looked back.
"You became the most amazing pilot
"you always dreamed to be.
"Now, all you care about is yourself and liquor.
"Please take the help, so I can watch you become the amazing
"father, son, pilot, and friend that you truly are.
"I love you."
DUNCAN: "First off, know that I do love and care about you.
"I look forward to a day when I can have my brother back...
"in my life, the way I remember,
"and not the troubled, angry mess that you are today.
"Take this opportunity to turn it around."
ROBIN: [sniffs]
DUNCAN: Okay? I know you can.
TOM: "Robin, I'm here because you know I love you,
"more than I think you realize.
"I was always so proud of you.
"Over the years, I've watched alcohol
"take my son away from me,
"and it breaks my heart.
"It makes me so sad to see Mom hurt.
"We both want to enjoy watching your beautiful
"little girls grow up. [sniffs]
"I hope that you will take advantage of any offer of help.
"If you don't accept the help that you're offered today,
"then I want you to understand
"that our doors will be locked, Robin.
"And Mom and I will have to begin a life without you."
CHRISTINE: [crying] "Robin...
"I love you with all my heart.
"You are so important to me,
"and I can't imagine
"a life without you.
"I've tried to protect you,
"but now I am hurting you.
"I can't keep making these efforts
"if you can't try.
"I can't allow you to take advantage
"of my love anymore.
"If you choose not to accept help... [inhales]
"if you do that, it will mean
"leaving our home...
"and making it on your own."
ANDREW: Robin,
it comes down to the big question.
Are you willing to take the help being offered to you today?
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ROBIN: No.
ROBIN: I don't want to today.
ANDREW: I think you'd be surprised
what we've set up for you.
They've organized for us to go to beautiful Lake Winnipeg,
one of the best facilities in the country, actually,
called the Aurora Recovery Centre,
and give you that opportunity
to recover,
for the sake of your family, for your children,
but most importantly, for yourself.
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ROBIN: [crying]
Yes.
ANDREW: Yes?
ROBIN: Yes.
ANDREW: Great. This is great. [applause]
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DUNCAN: Come on, buddy. Okay?
[crying] ROBIN: Okay.
DUNCAN: Good.
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ROBIN: [crying]
SCOTT: Take care. Get better.
Okay, love you.
CHRISTINE: Bye, dear.
You're good.
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ANDREW: And the journey begins, my friend.
TOM: See you, buddy.
CHRISTINE: Bye, dear! Love you!
TOM: Love you, guy.
ROBIN: It's scary to do something.
I don't know where I'm going.
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ANDREW: Welcome to Aurora Recovery Centre, my friend.
ROBIN: Thanks, man. ANDREW: This is Robin.
IAN: How are you? ROBIN: How you doing?
IAN: Welcome to Aurora. ROBIN: Thanks, man.
IAN: We're really happy to have you here.
It's the best decision you made.
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ROBIN: Today I feel full of pride,
empowered, enlightened.
BRENDA: When Robin came in,
we knew we had to address his self‐esteem,
and we wanted to establish a way of Robin
being able to work in the world, understanding his emotions,
and knowing that he didn't have to be afraid of them.
ROBIN: No pretending, nothing.
This is what my life's about now.
ROBIN: They went down deep inside, deep into my past,
into my soul.
They brought things that were subjective to me,
that were like a hurricane inside my body,
and they pulled them outside and made them objective,
allowed me to see them.
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BRENDA: I'm extremely proud of Robin,
and he's done an amazing job,
and I'm very, very happy to know that he's going out.
And I feel he's going to have a lot of success in his future.
ROBIN: I have a career.
I can go back to that career.
Am I gonna go right away? Maybe, maybe not.
I know it's there. That's an opportunity.
That's an adventure I can undertake again.
But maybe I'm gonna find something else.
ROBIN: You all know how I walked in here,
and now I'm walking out completely different.
So, thank you. I love you guys.
MAN: Love you too, man. You get to work.
BRENDA: You know we love you.
BRENDA: Robin's journey will continue on.
He will leave here today,
and he will go to a sober living home in Winnipeg,
affiliated with Aurora,
and get a chance to start his new life.
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ROBIN: The world is open for me now.
It's exciting.
And I love it.
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