UD How long have you been a recovering alcoholic? FRANCIS Four years now. UD How long have you had your dog Colin? FRANCIS About a year now. UD Has Colin's companionship eased the tensions of your substance recovery? FRANCIS I watch him. 'Cause you know dogs, we inject in them a thing called a fragment personality, they are a part of us. I watch what he does like sometimes he picks up irrelevant sticks, like the one he has in his mouth now, it's not really a good stick to have you know? And I think that's me. I sometimes get bogged down in trivialities and I'm not focusing on the things I should be. I kind of use the dog as a kind of learning. The dog, psychologically speaking, was an attempt to say I'm home. By buying a dog, it kind of establishes a home. I'm trying to set up a home somewhere, that reflects my inner space, you know? I'm trying to find home you know? Get closer to home.