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These Stars Are on the Rise

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Newly-sober, MARTY is attending AA meetings at the Road to Recovery Clubhouse. The clubhouse is run by CLEMENT, a "star" sponsor with a strong track record for keeping his sponsees sober. But Marty notices that, with disturbing regularity, the "weakest links" among Clement's sponsees keep flaming out spectacularly-- overdosing, committing suicide-- and Marty suspects that Clement is deliberately giving the most vulnerable a subtle kick and a shove over the edge. Clement is essentially a serial killer, but one that could never be arrested.

The latest victim is HARLAN, who slits his own throat near the coffee and donuts when Clement torments him and keeps from sharing at the meeting. The next victim, ALBERT, narrowly misses dying of alcohol poisoning, having a stroke while in an alcohol-induced coma. When he partially recovers-- broken and in a wheelchair-- he credits Clement for his survival, even thanking Clement for being sure his doctors don't under-prescribe his pain medications.

Marty himself might be among those "weak links" that Clement is targeting but he's saved by DENISE, a bartender at Rooster's Lounge who acts as a guardian angel for some of her dying alcoholic customers. She and Marty work together to try to save RANDY, who is likely Clement's next victim. But Randy doesn't want their help, convinced that sobriety will make him "no fun" and lead to the collapse of his career as an internet entrepreneur.

In the end, Marty publicly confronts Clement, looking like a maniac but possibly saving Randy from becoming Clement's next intended victim.

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