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best feeling in the world. my body is really, really tingly and warm but a good warm. it s like that feeling you get after you have sex, right after you orgasm. that s exactly what it feels like, an orgasm on steroids. claire tells me that chasing this feeling has led her to use in public places where she once had a close brush with the law. i was on the west side one day and i was in the bathroom stall. an actual chicago police officer was banging on the door. all i remember is banging on the door, opening it with a needle still in my arm. he walked me to the car because i couldn t walk straight. the kid i was with had three and a half grams of it. and the cop saw that and said get the [ bleep ] out of the west side and didn t do anything. reporter: claire got lucky. in the state of illinois if you are caught with less than 15 grams you can face up to three years in prison. doing heroin, it is not because i want to be [ bleep ], ....
are you planning to get anything anytime soon? yeah. i m actually waiting for someone. would you mind if i no, go ahead. is this a dealer you are calling? yeah. what s up? where are you at? at my house. like 20 minutes. i ll come over. all right? all right. i got you. all right, bye. so you have a dealer who comes to your house? he meets me in an alley. how much money will you spend when your dealer comes? 50. is that all the money to your name? yeah. it s like i don t want to live like this but i have been pushing detox aside every day. i really, really want to, but the only thing that is stopping me is being sick. claire tells me her parents live nearby and they have tried to help her but she continues to ....
Your brain knows there is no better feeling in the world. i d like to see you fight your brain every single day. 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 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? i can t do it anymore. ....
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 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. i figured i could be anything i wanted to be when i grew up. 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. you have done a lot of things that you regret in the 15 months you have been addicted to heroin? oh, yeah. ....
Attainable. completely. it doesn t feel like it. how long can this continue? how long can you do this? i can t do it anymore. 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. ....