Don's attempt at transformation is revealed in both small and large ways throughout Episode 8. His morose self-loathing has given away to a full range of self improvement behaviors. Amazingly, Don is reducing his alcohol consumption (drinking beer, refusing champagne, drinking later in the day, and pouring smaller drinks), exercising by swimming, going to family activities (his son's birthday party), letting out his feelings by confiding in the psychiatrist at work, expressing his feelings through journaling and God please no, it can't be Don Draper, restricting his sexual activity (by refusing the psychiatrist's advances).
Don is attempting to confront deeply buried feelings that are at the core of his being. In Psychoanalysis this is what we call "peeling back the onion." However, if you are Don Draper, you might not like what you find at the center of the onion...
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