The Sopranos - Christopher At A Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting

Christopher talks about Tony at a AA meeting.

[@MrKingNidge]

"pours you a drink with one hand, judges you with the other if you take" Sums up Tony in one sentence.

[@jakep1979]

He's like a dog with 2 bones!

[@matthewburke6186]

OOOOOOOOOhh

[@odeleon24]

Also ´degenerate gambler with a gut’

[@davidmoss2576]

OOOOOH, that's the boss you're talking about! Watch it Chrissy! eHEH

[@meeping]

@@davidmoss2576YA TALKIN TO THE BOSS HERE

[@andyt2k]

He's right though, Tony pretty much said he'd kill him if he didn't go to AA, then mocked him for not drinking etc when he came out

[@bassmaster867]

Up at Pat's Farm he tells Chris to have a Bull Shot, then gives him a ration of shit when they're in Jersey and he has a Heineken.

[@Saturnia2014]

Well, Tony is a sociopathic, murderous tub of slime, so it's kind of in his nature to be unreasonable.

[@MrPink2024]

@Stephen Anthony *Do tell...* 👂

[@lobsterdfw1]

@Stephen Anthony are you bein serious? I can't tell

[@husaammaawia3057]

@Stephen Anthony That doesnt make sense because the people in aa have more addictive personalities so drinking at all is a slippery slope

[@whatsgoingon07]

Everyone thinks Christopher works at a normal job

[@ChristopherTrott]

Maybe he did not get the memo

[@shriharihudli8596]

Would he have read it even if he did get one?

[@lsadxmthcdphdayum2452]

Nobody knows what's happening

[@scottsodyssey2485]

He should have pushed Webistics!

[@nuckymancini7013]

Define 'normal job'

[@npxmnpxm]

I didn't know Chris had a job outside of organized crime. His boss sounds like a real jerk.

[@nicknewell23]

he out there earning with 3 hands

[@naylik2562]

@@nicknewell23 He was a gabagool salesman. Best one in the fockin game

[@Jingles_Morgan]

Well we're anonymous

[@tarkka6145]

Whatever happend there...

[@Saturnia2014]

@@tarkka6145 I'LL TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED THERE

[@dvm9795]

@@Saturnia2014 the shooting. God rest his soul

[@joeb7975]

ILL RAM THAT DISC MAN UP YOUR BOX

[@Jingles_Morgan]

@@tarkka6145 47 years old this kid

[@hughiedgar7574]

This is one of the most realistic and sad pieces of acting from The Sopranos. I wonder how many addicts have felt this way? If someone says to me "I don't drink." the last thing I would do is try and make them feel bad about it, in fact I'd support them. Chris had the saddest demise in the show.

[@jakep1979]

You don't have to be an addict to feel this. I simply can't handle the same amount of alcohol as I used to. For me 2 or 3 drinks & I call it a night (I like to feel refresh in the morning) while I still have friends that can drink 3 times as much as they are functioning alcoholics & don't want to slow down. Naturally I hang less & less with them as the years passes.

[@freaky_j2207]

Chris was written perfectly in this. Anyone whose ever been in meetings knows there are always people who talk spiritual growth and know the lingo but really they just talk about themselves and their problems. Blow off anyone else’s. When the dude tries to empathizes with him he pulls the old “my situation is worse card” by going on about tony being an enabler. Everything Chris is saying is true. There was another episode where he walks about complaining about other people’s human fraility making him sick. He doesn’t go to meetings to give and get support. He goes to talk about himself and doesn’t give a shit what other people in the meeting are going through. That’s why he never grows. Same dynamic with Tony in therapy.

[@freaky_j2207]

Benghali In Platforms true and it’s also why 95% of people who go to AA don’t stay sober longer than a year. I would say though that non addicted society is just as fuxked up in this respect. But their not addicts so it comes out in other ways. tony is a perfect example.

[@freaky_j2207]

Benghali In Platforms true and a glutton for food. Possibly a sex addict. In fact nearly every person on the show is a narcissist in their own way which is the root of their problems. Christopher’s manifest itself in drug addiction which makes him more looked down upon by other narcissists whose issues are less demonized but not always less destructive.

[@husaammaawia3057]

Sometimes it helps to just blow off steam though

[@PlgDctr]

I don't get it, what did Chris say wrong at the meeting? It seems like you are shitting at him for no reason here. People go to meetings to share their stories, to discuss struggles that they encounter in daily lives, among other things. He wasn't pulling any card, he was simply sharing his story. And we don't know what else he does at meetings, we know that he frequents them, but we see only a few moments from them, as they are mostly used to show his current relationship with Tony, not his own character progression.

[@falloutworldrecord]

Dude, that's the reason why the meetings exist. You're not there to help others fix themselves, you're there to fix yourself. And fixing yourself often comes through blowing off steam in a less self-destructive way. Addiction is a very complex topic

[@MrSinthan]

Incredibly sad scene, really.

[@laza6141]

yeah it's sad when they go young like that.

[@darshin95]

@@laza6141 WHEN THEY GO!?

[@lobsterdfw1]

You skip one golf outing and you're completely fuckin ostrified

[@dwl3006]

I'm takin a mulligan.

[@xthewated]

Christopher was always wicked smart when he wasn’t using or drinking- he could see straight through everyone and see how hollow mob life was.

[@jimmymanzanares9718]

I honestly thought the series was gonna end with Chrissy taking out tony out of anger that could've been good too

[@ryankeefe6222]

Honestly I think it should’ve been Chris and not Carlo who flipped in season 6

[@angeloparedes7984]

@@ryankeefe6222 woulda got a whole other season out of that move

[@kemperboyd1209]

That would have been awful, what a stupid idea

[@ThePrinceofallsayain]

The sopranos would’ve been better without Tony

[@charlespettis208]

@@ryankeefe6222 i think that would've sullied the message that in their line of work no one gets their happy ending or vindication

[@DEREKinNYC]

No cross talking in recovery meetings. But it's close enough to the real experience.

[@ArmyJames]

There can be, depending on the group. I’ve been to meeting where cross talk was permitted, but the ground rules were announced at the start of the meeting.

[@bigal5921]

I've been looking for the scene where right after this meeting Chris and the guy who spoke at the meeting are smoking a cigarette in the staircases and Chris mentions Adriana in a very emotional moment for the first time. "I'm a happily married man, but there was a woman...."

[@victoruribe2924]

Big Al Hey take a look!!! Found it with some background song!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnbXpKB5iJKCfpY

[@artieboy24]

@@victoruribe2924 Thanks. Chris' hatred of Tony is amazing in that scene. Tony eventually sees that in the Cleaver Movie and takes care of things. Remember when Chris tells Adrianna Tony Soprano is the guy he is going to hell for. Very prescient. Michael Imperioli is just amazing!

[@GiantsFan1734]

Funny I came here looking for that exact scene, glad I found it

[@JB19504]

@@artieboy24 Been watching Michael and Steve Schirippa in Talking Sopranos podcast. Yesterday they released a 90 minute interview with David Chase. Good stuff!

[@darshin95]

Sober Christopher is incredible

[@nuckymancini7013]

In the end... Tony clapped him in irons...

[@MJSpiritual]

Who was that guy again? Duh something right? Hahaha.

[@poleag]

"Whatever happened there" literally cracks me up every time I think about it. Carmine Jr. is one of the funniest characters ever.

[@mikef6063]

I’m reminded of Louis the 14ths finance minister....”the” something

[@buildinit6523]

GOOD. AT VER SALES, RIGHT?

[@husaammaawia3057]

@@mikef6063 Thats a different Louis this was Louis the Whatever

[@Quakerbakes1]

"We had fun. All those memories are for what? All I am to him is some asshole bully."

[@Mr.BeastFacts]

“No crosstalk, Chrissy! Heh heh.”

[@pjom4191]

Looking at tony from chrissies point of view is fascinating

[@xrpbible]

Great acting! That scene is so well done

[@npg6581]

my favorite scene in the show. hes so spot on

[@andreboston4991]

Excellent acting!!!

[@speedking7224]

I really felt for chrissy. He was dealt a bad hand

[@6reen6rud6e2]

Keep coming Back!

[@user-wt2me2fe5t]

That one there is laughing! Oh, wrong meeting.

[@bcmoney5272]

O:03 When they ask me to introduce myself in class🤷‍♂️

[@bantehayes9973]

Yeh Tony was really shitty to him before and after getting clean. Called it a crutch cus Chris didn’t want to be around a bunch of alcohol at the bing. Then after all that, he does the ultimate betrayal.

[@easygrin1127]

Another showing that Chris was indeed a slowly brewing threat to Tony had he let him live...

[@sss-jw1yl]

sounds like someone has a resentment. i dont even wanna think about how long christopher's amends list would be

[@chessmentor63]

Resentment kills. Somebody needed to call him out on that shit.

[@sss-jw1yl]

@@chessmentor63 the number one offender

[@justeungars7356]

Watching sopranos clip in the waiting room of my trial , wish me luck

[@snow-man2931]

Justeun Gars so did it go ????

[@austinmcmahon254]

@@snow-man2931 I'm assuming the lack of response means he might be now in a place without internet.

[@lsadxmthcdphdayum2452]

He was tied up and raped in jail and then tortured

[@jottaz144]

@@lsadxmthcdphdayum2452 he's on iron vacations, should be back soon

[@justeungars7356]

Lmao I'm out guys

[@martinarreola64]

That’s my Uncle Tony The man I went to hell for

[@HighLordBlazeReborn]

I mean... he's not wrong

[@gangesexcavating]

oh Chris, you make me laugh..if only Tony could hear you now...

[@mnv7353]

i dont blame chris here for venting on tony. tony was super hypocritical with him always. he thought chris is unstable and might rat him out by 'talking too much' in AA meetings and all the while he's been honing his skills as a mob boss in his sessions with melfi. i wish chris grew stronger and made strides in direction of being boss, maybe we would have seen chris in place of paulie at the end of the series. but i guess the writers just filled in the blanks of what the Godfather part 4 would have been like if Vincent Corleone was don and turned the whole thing on its head with drugs and showed that to us in Christoper Moltisanti. If there's any character i felt was most tragic, it was him. But hey, sometimes you get shot in the foot sometimes your uncle suffocates you to death whaddaya gonna do eh

[@buildinit6523]

ITS OSTRAFIZED

[@maxlongo306]

We are from AA. What´s your name ? We are anonymous.

[@bobby8536]

No cross talk!

[@bobsmith3457]

no cross talking

[@Mobee211]

my first thought! Lol NO CROSS TALK!

[@BenB-hw9yn]

Bob Smith I cringed when he did that I've never seen that happen at any of my AA meetings

[@bobsmith3457]

Juan Pablo Fernandez cringed is a strong word. Relax Juan, it was just a tv show

[@BenB-hw9yn]

Bob Smith lol yeah I know. AA is just kind of strict about that and it's odd to see even on a tv show

[@bobsmith3457]

yeah o hear you, great scene by Christopher

[@fatdaddyeddiejr]

When Tony finally found out the Christopher was addicted to drugs. Uncle Junior said, "If a dog has rabies. You put him down. You're just now finding out about this. I guarantee the Feds have known for some time. If they grab him in his condition. Who knows what he'll say. You be like me and won't be able to sleep at night." Junior was right. With his drug addiction. Christopher was a major liability for Tony. Christopher should have been "taken care of" in season 4.

[@JB19504]

But he was a great character. For some reason David didn't want to kill him off.

[@BlackSweatAndAidsMix]

season 6 nice

[@alnonymous2482]

0:33 He's been ostrafied.

[@paulpatane2439]

0:50. You're welcome

[@miciboo9993]

Great scene

[@pscotti4629]

Was that the FBI lady,.at the meeting?

[@patrickgogan3517]

No

[@polly6711]

It is 6 season but what episode?

[@6reen6rud6e]

cross talking at a AA meeting...must be O DS

[@bobsmith3457]

No cross talking

[@xavierdisante2071]

That’s the guy Adriana! The guy I’m going to hell for....My uncle Tony.

[@vahn_legaia]

Hey Xavier, did he even exist?

[@ARTIST.EVEREST]

Chris never had the makings of a varsity Scotch drinker

[@annakarinaalves]

As someone trying to lose weight wht I relate this so much?

[@hrvojebekavac999]

Ja sam Kristofer i ja sam alkoholičar.

[@brickman291]

Never saw anything good come out of drinking

[@bassmaster867]

It's an odd societal nicety. How can Pakistanis go nuts at a cricket match without booze, while us Americans drown ourselves in beer to enjoy a football game?

[@CP2793]

Chris talked to much that's probably why people shouldn't go to those things

[@goodyeoman4534]

what a scam the whole AA franchise is

[@pksis1788]

Why

[@Saturnia2014]

@@pksis1788 Apparently AA and the twelve steps plan and all of that doesn't really help. I've known addicts who went to rehab and they pretty much "fake it till you make it" or trade in an addiction for another. Basically, they're lying to themselves that they've gotten better. If anything they always relapse and fall right back into whatever it was they were addicted to before. And if they manage to stay clean for years, they're miserable the whole time.

[@husaammaawia3057]

@@Saturnia2014 Well you have to want to clean up no one can force you that doesnt say anything about the program itself. You get out of it what you put in.

[@getmeoutofsanfrancisco9917]

@@Saturnia2014 Man, I’ve been clean from H for 7 years, lol. I wouldn’t say I’m miserable at all. I was miserable when I was using. I personally never did AA, but rehab and AA are two completely different things.

[@anonymousanonymous7593]

Why do TV shows and movies consitently get AA meetings so impossibly wrong?

[@paolobernardini]

What was so wrong about this scene?

[@rkak15]

One person talks at a time. You cant interject like that dude did

[@kleptosepto1848]

sorry, most people dont know AA first hand. We're not all weak addict losers.

[@walzybby]

V P Care to explain the several thousand doctors and lawyers who regularly attend AA meetings?

[@seanfitzpatrick4486]

Kleptosepto fuck you.

[@ajmarinez9156]

Say that to tony face lol cris will get clipp

[@jobu1372]

Christopher is way more fun on the H

[@gdicommando4456]

Addicts are weak

[@dimevh84]

This was the end for Christopher, i mean he's talking mob business to a bunch of strangers lol, even though everyone there probably thinks he works a normal job, its the principle of what he's doing here, anybody could have been at that meeting.

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

How is it any different that Tony crying all the time to his therapist.

[@bobpage6597]

They don't know he's talking mob business. He's only talking about the way Tony treats him. That could be anybody Chris is talking about, there's no way to distill it as mob business.

[@ddrarrow]

Dumbest take I’ve ever read. This was by no means the end. His end was when he was out with all the guys and was talking with them about how much he loved his infant daughter only for them to joke about her growing up to be stripper. He realized that none of them were really his friends/truly cared about him, and soon after that he relapsed. Chris being back on heroin led to him crashing the car with Tony where he was pretty seriously injured. Both Tony and Chris himself knew he was too far gone to change - not unless he were to leave the mob life behind, which Tony wasn’t gonna let him do. Tony decided Chris was too much of a liability to keep around and killed him (also to prevent them from having to deal with a whole DUI ordeal)

[@michaelmcgee2026]

This was one of the dumbest storylines in the series

[@Moonlight.Melon.Mounter]

Why?

[@stairwaytoheaven8]

@@Moonlight.Melon.Mounter Because he's a retard who can't concentrate for one second and unable to comprehend the perfect story The Sopranos is

[@Cowards_always_stop_replying]

So its AA and the guy is gonna announce the company he works for. Did JT write this episode? Its poor