"Okay," he says, nodding as he takes another drag from his smoke and then holds it toward Alex. "But you didn't."

She'd tell him if she had, he thinks. She wouldn't be here if she had. But she is. She'd texted, she's here, and she's being honest. Hopper doesn't know much about being a proper sponsor, he'd kind of given up on the whole AA thing, he'd felt uncomfortable with it, but he knows that's why Alex is here.

At least to a point.