The heist movie genre is one of cinema’s most undeniable pleasures. There’s something deeply satisfying about watching a crew of professionals (or lovable amateurs) execute an elaborate, impossible plan against equally impossible odds. The genre offers a unique medley: the tension of the setup, the precision of the execution, the inevitability of the double-cross, and the catharsis of the escape. Some of the best heist movies out there have that inevitable and beloved “gathering the crew” montage—arguably the best part of any heist movie.

For every Ocean’s Eleven or Heat that becomes a cultural touchstone, there’s a plethora of heist films that slipped through the cracks and remained in the “forgotten gems” category; although they likely didn’t get the blockbuster marketing push, time has been kind to them, and they remain underrated. From the first frame to the last, the forgotten heist movies that are perfect from start to finish deliver the tension, the twists, and the catharsis that they promise.

‘The Bank Job’ (2008)

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Jason Statham built a career on being the most reliably entertaining action star working today, but The Bank Job is a reminder that he can do more than throw punches; he can carry a real thriller. Directed by Roger Donaldson and loosely based on the real 1971 Baker Street robbery, the film is set in London and follows Terry Leather, a small-time used-car dealer and petty crook who’s offered what sounds like a simple job: tunnel into a bank vault and empty out the safety deposit boxes inside.

Terry, of course, quickly learns that nothing about this job is simple. The boxes in the bank turn out to hold secrets tied to British intelligence and the royal family, secrets powerful people are willing to kill to protect, and the film spends its runtime escalating from a straightforward heist into a genuine conspiracy. Statham gives one of his most restrained performances here, anchoring the chaos with a working-class charm that never crosses the line into camp, and Donaldson’s sharp, grimy-glamorous period cinematography keeps the whole thing feeling dangerous. It’s the type of tight thriller that explains why Statham became a star in the first place; it’s also the most popular title on this list, making it easy to overlook how good it is.

‘Quick Change’ (1990)

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Bill Murray has one directing credit to his name, and almost nobody talks about it, which is a genuine shame given how much Quick Change still feels relevant and rewatchable (though Geena Davis’ account may not deem it as such). Murray also stars in the film, playing Grimm, a New Yorker who’s had enough of the city and decides to rob a midtown Manhattan bank while dressed as a clown, alongside his girlfriend Phyllis (Davis) and best friend Loomis (Randy Quaid). The premise sounds like a singular, sketch-worthy gimmick, but the film uses it as a launchpad into even bigger, widespread chaos.

Quick Change stands out among similar movies of its class by making the robbery the easy part of the story. The real ordeal is getting out of New York City afterward, as the trio gets tangled in bureaucratic nonsense, rotten luck, and the sheer chaos of the five boroughs just trying to reach the airport. The film gleefully subverts heist-movie conventions, finding comedy in the most mundane obstacles possible rather than shootouts or double crosses. Murray’s deadpan delivery is razor-sharp, and the supporting cast — Jason Robards, Tony Shalhoub, and Stanley Tucci — is impressive. Quick Change flopped at the box office, grossing about $15.3 million against a $17 million budget, but it’s since become a cult favorite that only gets funnier with each viewing.

‘The Score’ (2001)

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Some casts are so stacked they sometimes tend to feel like a marketing gimmick; on paper, The Score looks like exactly that: Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, Angela Bassett, and Marlon Brando are first billing here, and for each of them, the 2000s were a defining era in many ways (for Brando, in particular, this turned out to be a final screen role). Directed by Frank Oz, The Score is a straightforward “one last job” story; De Niro plays Nick Wells, a veteran safecracker who’s ready to retire and run his Montreal jazz club full-time, until his fence, Max (Brando), talks him into one final heist: stealing a priceless scepter locked inside the city’s customs house.

The issue is that Nick has to work with Jackie (Norton), a brash young thief with an inside connection to the building and an agenda nobody else is quite sure about. The film builds its tension almost entirely out of that pairing, with Norton’s unpredictable energy keeping both Nick and the audience off-balance long before the actual robbery starts. Oz wisely lets the performances carry the suspense rather than leaning on flashy set pieces, which makes the film feel more grounded than most heist movies from the same era. Made on a $68 million budget, it grossed around $114 million worldwide, which is a solid if unspectacular return for a film that deserves to be remembered as more than a novelty gathering of cinema legends.

‘Grand Slam’ (1967)

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Of everything on this list, Grand Slam is by far the most obscure; it’s an Italian-Spanish-German co-production most audiences today have never heard of, let alone seen, which, if anything, only strengthens its case as a forgotten gem. Edward G. Robinson stars as Professor James Anders, a mild-mannered American teacher living in Rio de Janeiro who, after decades of watching a diamond company from across the street, decides he’s bored enough to plan the perfect crime. He recruits a team of international specialists, played by Janet Leigh, Klaus Kinski, and Robert Hoffmann, to pull off the theft during the chaos of Rio’s Carnival.

The structure of Grand Slam is flawless; the actual robbery unfolds with stunning precision, closer in spirit to the greatest heist film of all time, Rififi, than any particular shootout-heavy caper. The real tension shows up only afterward, in the paranoia and slow-building distrust among a crew that no longer needs each other after a done deal. With a score by Ennio Morricone and location work that makes full use of Rio’s skyline and streets, Grand Slam earns a place alongside the genre’s best. It’s lean, stylish, and proof that a heist movie’s characters matter as much as its vision.

‘Logan Lucky’ (2017)

Steven Soderbergh built his reputation on the Ocean’s trilogy, so it’s telling that when he came out of a brief retirement in 2017, he chose to make Logan Lucky, which has fondly been referred to as “Ocean’s 7-Eleven.” Logan Lucky is a heist movie stripped of tailored suits and Vegas glamour and dropped into rural West Virginia instead; Channing Tatum stars as Jimmy Logan, a construction worker who’s just been laid off and decides, almost on a whim, to rob the Charlotte Motor Speedway during a NASCAR race. He recruits his one-armed bartender brother Clyde (Adam Driver), his hairdresser sister Mellie (Riley Keough), and a locked-up, deadpan safe cracker named Joe Bang, played by Daniel Craig in one of the most outstanding performances of his career.

Logan Lucky steers away from the genre’s usual playbook through how it treats the characters it introduces. They’re working-class people with real financial stakes, and the film takes their plan just as seriously as it would a team of George Clooney-style professionals. The heist itself is genuinely clever, the humor is bone-dry, and Soderbergh directs with the same effortless confidence he brought to his glossier work. Made for around $29 million, it earned back roughly $48 million worldwide, a modest return the film’s critical reception never quite matched; Logan Lucky is a joyful movie that actually gets better with repeat viewing.

‘Thief’ (1981)

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Before Michael Mann became the filmmaker behind Heat and Collateral, he made his feature debut with Thief, a film that already has his entire visual language fully formed: neon-soaked nights, rain-slick streets, and criminals defined more by their code than by the crimes they commit. Though Thief barely escaped the jaws of time, modern audiences remember it for its influence on later cinematography, particularly in the crime caper genre. James Caan stars as Frank, a professional safecracker in Chicago who wants nothing more than to leave that life behind and build a family. Standing in his way is Leo (Robert Prosky), his mentor and fence, who has no intention of letting his best earner walk away.

Thief is the kind of heist film that’s less interested in the mechanics of a single job than in the crushing weight of the job that forces Frank to stay trapped inside it; retirement from a life of crime is harder than he imagines, as it turns out. Tangerine Dream contributed a stunning synth score that gives the film its hypnotic, almost dreamlike rhythm, and Caan delivers one of the greatest performances of his career, portraying rage beneath a carefully maintained calm. Thief had a quiet release, but its influence far outweighed its financial gains, allowing Mann’s debut to reverberate through crime cinema for decades. It’s moody, aesthetic, and human, and it rewards anyone who sits with it.

‘Ronin’ (1998)

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John Frankenheimer spent much of his career making sharp, paranoid political thrillers, and Ronin is what happens when that sensibility and his undeniable talent are pointed at the crime caper/heist genre instead. Robert De Niro portrays Sam, leading an ensemble of former intelligence operatives, played by Jean Reno, Stellan Skarsgård, and Sean Bean; Sam and his crew are hired by a mysterious handler named Deirdre (Natascha McElhone) to steal a heavily guarded briefcase. What’s inside is never revealed, and the film is smart enough to know that that very mystery matters more than any answer could.

Ronin, unlike some of the other entries on the list, is primarily about the job itself, depicting the shifting loyalties of people who no longer have a country or cause, as well as the cold professionalism they resort to instead. Its car chases through Nice and Paris are still among the best ever filmed, and David Mamet’s rewrites give the dialogue a bite that most action films of the time lacked. Ronin underperformed significantly at the box office when it was released, but audiences that have seen it gave it overwhelmingly positive reviews (though critics didn’t seem as thrilled). Ronin has aged pretty well, and we could argue for it to be the best forgotten heist film on this list.

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Ronin

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September 25, 1998

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122 minutes

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John Frankenheimer

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David Mamet

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By Jonathan Klotz
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Once any show has been on the air for five years, it will start to wobble under its own internal logic, lore, and mythology. Stargate SG-1 was on the air for a decade which means those early Season 1-3 episodes sometimes contradicts what becomes canon later. In the case of Season 1’s “Hathor,” it’s unclear why a Goa’uld Queen needs male DNA to produce more larvae. Later episodes show that it’s not needed, and they can reproduce asexually, but that’s the least of the issues with “Hathor.” 

Stargate Goes Full Species

“Hathor” centers around the unearthing of the Egyptian Goddess of Love, Hathor (Suanne Braun), who emerges from a sarcophagus after 3000 years speaking English. Drawn tot he Stargate, she shows up at Cheyenne Mountain and quickly starts bringing the men within the base into her thrall. Starting with Daniel (Michael Shanks), then General Hammond (Don S. Davis), O’Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) is the next to succumb, though Teal’c’s (Christopher Judge) Goa’uld renders him resistant to her power. 

That sets up a showdown between the men and the women (all five of them), led by Captain Carter (Amanda Tapping) and Dr. Frasier (Teryl Rothery) in the locker room where Hathor is preparing to use a hot tub to birth a new generation of Goa’uld larvae using Daniel Jackson’s juices. That’s how the show refers to it. It’s as awkward as it sounds. 

The Writers Chose To Ignore The Episode

Stargate SG-1 would eventually mock “Hathor” in the Season 8 episode, “Citizen Joe,” a clip show that highlighted the ridiculousness of those early season episodes. “Hathor” was the first episode in the series where the team didn’t travel through the Stargate, and the only one written by David Bennett Carren and J. Larry Carrol. Hathor herself would come back, two more times, as a much more formidable (and better written) villain particularly in Season 2’s “Out of Mind.”

Ever since Homer introduced the concept of Sirens in The Odyssey, the “beautiful woman mind controls all men” trope is widely used in sci-fi and fantasy shows. Stargate SG-1 had no problem recycling classic tropes and often, doing them incredibly well, from time loops (“Windows of Opportunity”) to “that old man can kick everyone’s ass” (Bra’tac), but “Hathor” was a misfire. 

Teryl Rothery wasn’t even able to deliver the line “there’s five women in here and we’re very lonely” while keeping a straight face. The more series re-watches you do, “Hathor” sticks out more and more like one of the worst episodes of the series. Unlike “Emancipation,” which was so bad it caused the writers to re-work Carter’s character, “Hathor” has no silver lining, other than the self-styled goddess having more character, personality, and better lines in her later appearances. Her debut episode could be erased from the timeline, and you’d still know everything about her within minutes of her second appearance.

They can’t all be winners, and with a decade of episodes to get through, Stargate SG-1 was going to have some episodes you don’t have to bother watching.

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have found their post-wedding bliss overshadowed by controversy linked to their nuptials held at Madison Square Garden.

According to a report, the newlywed couple is “disheartened” by the negative remarks and alleged “trash talking” from Kelce’s teammates over their guest list and invitations.

This claim comes after Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce attended the wedding of the NFL star’s ex-teammate JuJu Smith-Schuster and his bride, Laura Kruk, with sources saying the event “lifted their spirits.”

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Swift and Kelce’s ceremony has proven that even the most popular celebrities still get to deal with the classic headaches that come with wedding planning.

Following months of speculation, the couple finally tied the knot at the famous Madison Square Garden in New York City on Friday, July 3. They also held an intimate rehearsal dinner for close friends and family the day before, but left many upset for refusing to invite them to that event.

According to the Daily Mail, some individuals in Kelce’s “circle” were displeased that they got invited to the Friday main event but not the intimate rehearsal dinner on Thursday.

A few retired athletes have even publicly shared their frustrations after failing to land an invitation to the star-studded wedding, while some of Kelce’s current teammates have reportedly taken the “trash talk” straight to the multiple group chats of Kansas City Chiefs’ players.

The Couple Is ‘Disheartened’ Over The Negative Reactions To Their Wedding Invitations

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Sources close to the couple have now revealed that recent drama involving guest lists and alleged “trash-talking” from corners of their social circles has left the pair feeling disheartened.

“They are typically very good at blocking out the noise, but to have all these nasty stories coming out about his teammates being jealous and trash-talking them is pretty disheartening,” an insider told Star Magazine. “He’s got to go back to that locker room any day now, and that’s bound to be uncomfortable because clearly there’s a lot of jealousy towards him.”

“They’re finding it quite exhausting keeping up with all the rumors and all the mischief that people are making,” the source continued. “Wasting time on that sort of nonsense isn’t pleasant at any time, but especially when they are trying to enjoy their first days as husband and wife.”

Taylor Swift And Travis Kelce ‘Lifted Their Spirits’ By Attending His Former Teammates’ Wedding

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Despite the background noise, Swift and Kelce have remained completely aligned and are enjoying their union just fine. Days after they got married, the couple put up a loved-up appearance for Kelce’s former teammate JuJu Smith-Schuster’s wedding to Laura Kruk.

The “Bad Blood” singer dazzled in a pink strapless floor-length gown with floral brocade designs, along with her signature red lipstick, while the Kansas City Chiefs tight end wore a classic suit and tie.

The source who spoke with Star explained that the event helped lift their spirits and kept things in a lighter mood.

“They did have a wonderful time,” they noted, referring to the July 11 wedding. “That really helped to lift their spirits. It was a great reset, and so fun to be able to relive the whole wedding experience without all the pressure of being the bride and groom.”

The Chiefs Tight End Was Seen Working Out Ahead Of New NFL Season

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Meanwhile, it appears the honeymoon season is over for the couple as Kelce prepares to resume the new NFL season, which starts September 9.

According to TMZ, the star tight end was seen working out for the first time since their wedding on Thursday during a training session in Florida.

Kelce was dressed in Nike shorts and a loose vest with sneakers, and held his duffel in one hand and a sports drink in the other.

He’s due to return to the Chiefs’ camp later this month, so the workout season might just be him getting himself in the mood for football again.

About Taylor Swift And Travis Kelce’s Honeymoon Plans

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The couple has largely kept to themselves in the days following their wedding, only appearing for Kelce’s pal’s wedding about a week ago.

Sources earlier claimed they were considering an “ultra-private” honeymoon with the historic San Ysidro Ranch in Montecito as their preferred location.

“They just don’t want anything getting leaked,” a source told Star Magazine. “They want to be able to enjoy this special time with total privacy.”

“There’s the option to rent out the entire property, which she’d likely want to do for privacy, and that can cost upwards of $500K for a week,” the insider explained.

However, according to the Daily Mail, Swift and Kelce enjoyed a private “mini-moon” at the exclusive Yellowstone Club in Big Sky, Montana. The couple is said to have utilized major security measures, including decoy jets, to maintain privacy during their stay at the luxury mountain resort.

Christopher Nolan‘s “The Odyssey” is one of the year’s biggest film releases, continuing the filmmaker’s streak of ambitious, large-scale movies. While fans are still taking in his latest project, the director has already tempered expectations for what’s next, revealing that audiences will likely have to wait a while before his next movie arrives.

Just days after the release of “The Odyssey” on July 17, fans are already wondering when Christopher Nolan’s next project will be released. The director’s early career was marked by one- to two-year gaps between films. Since 2017, however, his releases have settled into a roughly three-year cycle.

“The Odyssey” is Nolan’s first movie after 2023’s “Oppenheimer.” The director admitted that his latest project pushed his physical limits and was the most challenging film he had ever done.

“I definitely hit the limits of my own stamina and everybody’s stamina, I think. I mean, it’s ‘The Odyssey,’ of course it should be difficult,” he said, adding that he wouldn’t be doing his job correctly if it was easy.

As for whether fans can expect his next film to come out in three years, he told TODAY, “Oh, at least.”

Matt Damon Received A Call About ‘The Odyssey’ Months After The Director’s First Oscar

Nolan’s idea to take “The Odyssey” to the big screen began in the early 2000s. According to Matt Damon, who portrays Odysseus in the epic film, he got a call from the director just six months after his first Oscar win.

In 2024, Nolan earned his first Best Director Oscar for the biographical drama “Oppenheimer.” The movie was nominated in 13 categories and took home seven wins.

Damon assumed that it would take at least another year before the director would start to work on his next project, but that wasn’t the case, as he learned during the call. “So I just thought we were catching up, which we did. And then he blurted out, ‘Yeah, I’m thinking of going back to work.’ And I went, ‘Wait, already?’” the actor told PEOPLE.

Christopher Nolan Made History With His Latest Film

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“The Odyssey” is the first feature-length commercial film shot entirely on IMAX film cameras, which uses 70mm film stock. For Nolan, shooting the movie in the format was a dream come true. Although he had used it in sequences for his past films, “The Odyssey” was the first time he used it for the entire movie.

“I’d originally seen IMAX films in museums and theme parks as a kid and immediately thought, why aren’t they making movies like that? That was when I was 16 or 17. Now I’m about to be 56, and I’ve finally gotten to do it,” he told The New York Times.

Using the camera had its challenges, though. As cinematographer Hoyte Van Hoytema noted, it made a noise “like a lawn mower, diesel engine.” The problem was solved with a “soundproofing system” built for the camera.

Filming ‘The Odyssey’ Was Tough For The Cast And Crew

Nolan knew making “The Odyssey” would be tough. The director is known for favoring practical effects over CGI, and the cast and crew had to endure grueling filming conditions in pursuit of authenticity.

The cast and crew were exposed to brutal weather conditions and had to hike daily to a set located 1,000 feet above sea level to film some scenes. While shooting aboard a ship in the open sea, some supporting cast members became seasick and threw up. Instead of halting production, Nolan decided to include it in the movie. “They were really game for it. And that day ended up being fabulous as well as miserable; it yielded some of my favorite shots in the film,” the director said.

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Damon noted that Nolan had the “hardest job on set,” sharing that when he felt discomfort, it helped to see the director “looking like a drowned rat, just as cold, just as wet, and never complaining.”

‘The Odyssey’ Made $51 Million On Opening Day

“The Odyssey” is on track for box office success. According to multiple reports, the film earned $51.2 million from preview screenings and its opening day on Friday, July 17, in North American theaters.

It is projected to earn $120 million on opening weekend. Furthermore, the movie has, so far, earned $137.3 million across 73 international markets.

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“Full House” star Jodie Sweetin has been candid about her struggles with sobriety over the years, revealing that she first started drinking alcohol at the age of 14 before sharing that her interest in substances eventually spun out of control. Now, in a new interview, the “Fuller House” actress is revealing how her co-star, John Stamos, supported her on the difficult journey toward recovery while also staying on the straight and narrow himself.

While appearing on the “Dory Jackson Interview” podcast, Sweetin, 44, opened up about how Stamos’ support and kind words helped keep her in check as she pursued sobriety.

“John and I really, really connected in a lot of ways over [sobriety],” she said on the most recent episode. “We have been there to celebrate each other’s big successes and milestones, and I am so glad that I got to be an example of attraction rather than promotion, which is a big principle in recovery.”

Stamos and Sweetin’s relationship dates back to the ’80s, when they both booked leading roles in the ABC sitcom “Full House,” which ran from 1987 to 1995. They reunited on screen for the Netflix reboot, “Fuller House,” from 2016 to 2020.

According to Sweetin, she’s learned a lot about herself throughout her sobriety journey. “[The principle is] don’t beat people over the head. Just be the result of all of your work, and chances are, people that are looking will find you,” she said.

The Last Time Jodie Sweetin Touched A Drink

Elsewhere in the interview, the mom of two opened up and revealed that the last time she even touched an alcoholic drink was in 2011, adding that it’s been a “journey.” She explained that she began a 12-step program and engaged in work outside the program, such as therapy, to help guide her. Sweetin described the feeling of being untethered to alcohol as “very freeing.”

“You get the opportunity to become a different person, and once you start actually liking that person, it becomes really hard to go back and continue destructive behavior,” the actress said. “You kind of go like, ‘Oh, wait, hold on, I want to take care of this little person inside here and see what they’re capable of.’ And I’ve been really fortunate to be able to do that.”

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Jodie Sweetin Struggled With Alcohol During Her Teenage Years

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Sweetin previously opened up about her addiction to alcohol in a different interview, revealing that it all began for her when she had her first drink at co-star Candace Cameron Bure’s wedding when she was 14. In another interview, she said that she leaned on alcohol as a teenager to help her relate to those around her.

“I had this weird, I’ll say, I had this, particularly after the show ended, like, in high school, there was this strange feeling that I had, because everyone assumed I was quote unquote a TV star. So, like, you know, the rumor before you would even start at a school was like, ‘Oh, she’s a stuck-up b-tch,’” she said.

Sweetin attempted to shed that label by outdrinking her peers and taking harder drugs, per The Blast.

Stamos Recalls The Moment He Knew He Had To ‘Straighten Up’

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Stamos has also dealt with substance abuse, and he even made headlines in 2015 when he was arrested for an alleged DUI. Stamos went on to seek treatment in a rehab center and detailed the moment in his memoir, “If You Would Have Told Me.”

He told PEOPLE in 2023 that he realized he was drinking too much and that it was partially caused by the people he was hanging around. “I had that DUI and I was like, ‘I can’t do this. I’ve got to straighten up,’” he said. “That’s when I was confusing the universe because I’m not a bad person, but I was doing crappy things.”

What Helped Stamos Stay Focused On His Well-Being?

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Thankfully for Stamos, he was able to lean on his sister and his “Fuller House” co-stars for support throughout his journey. In addition to them, Stamos credited his wife, Caitlin McHugh Stamos, and their son, Billy, for holding him tightly even when he felt he let them down.

“They have kept me on this path because going down the road of being sober and taking care of yourself, everybody tries. Everybody does it. You could get going for a little while. Then, it’s like, ‘I can drink again,’” he said. “So it’s staying on the path is what they mostly do for me.”

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