Carver's the Next Step Is Relapse

i read it as a more hopeful story then perhaps you see it is as like the next step is relapse, yo. Cause i also think about j p and roxy. I mean, he dislocate her arm, she broke his nose. That's not the kind of marriage that's going to survive without some serious intervention and counselling. And it doesn't seem like they're the kind to go for that. We get two other stories. We get tiny, who is so looking forward to new year's with his wife cookies. And we get the guy so completely into nial he's asking for contacts in egypth. Why are those two in the story? Well, again