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claire tells that me her parents live nearby and they have tried to help her, but she continues to shut them out. do you think your mom is worried about you? i know she is. this is not how things were supposed to turn out. claire was a girl on track who had a lot of potential. how did you do in school? i graduated high school national honor society. i did really well in school. school was like my number one priority. did you play sports or anything? yeah. i was a softball player for five years. i was a cheerleader for nine years. it s like everything i picked up i was always good at. so i figured i could be anything i wanted to be when i grew up. just 15 months ago, claire was introduced to heroin by an ex-boyfriend. i had no idea what addiction was. i was experienced with club drugs, but never thought that i would ever be a heroin addict. ....
i can t do it anymore. i can t. i think i m going to follow through and detox. are you ready to do it? yeah. i can t do this anymore. as we talk about leaving for the hospital, we hit a wall. claire has leftover heroin. i m going to do the rest of it. just my last i m not going to throw it away. i m going to do it all. claire is caught between her desire to get clean and her need to use. it s heartbreaking to watch. and i m left wondering what choice she ll make. and for kids like claire, there are choices. new programs where addicts are getting help from an unlikely source. ....
Grams, you can face up to three years in prison. doing heroin, it is not because i want to be [ bleep ], your brain knows there is no better feeling in the world. i d like to see you fight your brain every single day. but claire, i mean, i look around your apartment, for example. you have nothing. you don t have a single dollar to your name right now. so while you feel really really great i know. you have nothing. i know. i would love to get clean if i knew i had something to look forward to. i want to be happy. i want to have a job to go to. i want to live in a place that s beautiful. all of those things are things that are completely attainable. completely. it doesn t feel like it. how long can this continue? how long can you do this? ....
throwing what away? throwing all of my paraphernalia and needles and pipes in the garbage. how does that feel? pretty i don t know. all right, put it deep down where no children can get this. good-bye. that can go, too. with one weight lifted off her chest, claire and i now go in without cameras to face her mother. how you doing? i m so glad to see you. i love you. i love you, too. and i really want you to be proud of me. you know i m always here for you, right? i m sorry, mommy. ....
I can t. i think i m going to follow through with detox. are you ready to do it? yeah. i can t do this anymore. [ crying ] as we talk about leaving for the hospital, we hit a wall. claire has leftover heroin. i m going to do the rest of it. just my last i m not going to throw it away. i m going to do it all. claire is caught between her desire to get clean and her need to use. it s heart-breaking to watch. and i m left wondering what choice she ll make. for kids like claire there are choices. new programs where addicts are getting help from an unlikely source. bring your drugs. we are not going to arrest you. no arrest, no nothing. just get you in a program and get you help. ....