Becky also told her that the drinking started when Mark died and that she realized then that she needed Darlene, and that’s why she wrote to her asking her to come home.
Becky counters by saying her husband had just died, and Darlene tells her she wins.
Darlene is no idiot, and she knows she has to try to make things right with Becky, so she tracks her down at a pool hall to talk.
Darlene says that her life was falling apart at the time, too, since David had just left her with a 5-year-old and she was pregnant again.