"A lot of weird shit is hereditary," Dan replied with a shrug, moving a little closer as he spoke. He even moved to put his hand on TJ's shoulder when the other man admitted to feeling like an idiot, before remembering that he couldn't actually do that right now.
"Don't be so hard on yourself, man. I'm going to try real hard not to fall into a shitload of cliches here, but they're well-used for a reason. You fucked up, sure, but that's gone now. It's over and done with and you can't change it. Unless there's more time-travel bullshit going on, but I don't think it gets that specific? I don't actually know about that... huh." Dan trailed off a little at that point, before getting back onto the point. "There's a reason why the AA says 'One day at a time'. The aim isn't five years without drinking or thirty years sober or anything like that. It's just 'Can I get through today without having a drink?' and you've managed a hell of a lot of todays. You had a blip, that's all."