jake made the switch from "high-functioning alcoholic" to "recovering alcholic" about 6 months ago himself. he did the whole rock-bottom thing back in 2012, which effectively split his family for good and turned him into the part-time dad he never wanted to be, but other than his brief stint in rehab directly after, he's never been fully sober since, until now. maybe friends who used to be stupid together and now hold each other accountable (but also find other creative but sober ways to be stupid together probably)?