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I can t. i think i m going to follow through with detox. are you ready to do it? i guess. i can t do this anymore. [ crying ] but 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 huzzah. 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. and 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. ....
I m sorry. i m going to detox tonight. you are? i need to detox to get the shit out of my system. and you re ready to do this? i m doing it. i can t do this anymore. i m exhausted. i can t i can t [ bleep ] do this anymore. put all that stuff behind you. i m so sorry. you can do it. i know you can do it. so claire just told her mom. and it was very, very emotional. you could tell that she has a lot of doubt in her because when you re the parent of a drug addict, your lied to so frequently. claire seems determined. she s ready to go, and this is big. so how are you feeling? excited and scared, but ....
oh, sweet. you feel it already? yeah. i m not sick at all. you are not sick at all? no. sweet. can you describe the feeling? 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. ....
what are you doing now? throwing everything away. throwing what away? throwing all of my parafa nail yeah 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 are you doing? i m so glad to see you. mommy, i love you. i love you, too. and i really want you to be proud of me. you know i m always here for ....
Wants to go tonight and she said, i m down. i d be surprised if she actually would agree to go in and go, but i d love to be surprised. claire wants us to pick her up and take her to the hospital for a three-day detox. we find her on the south side where she s been crashing with a friend. can i put this in your trunk? yep. i m super proud of you. this will be so inspiring for you. i know. and motivating for you. claire tells me she needs to make a stop on the way. her mother has known about her struggle with heroin, but believed her when she said she was no longer using. now, claire needs to tell the truth. there s my mom s building right there. right there in front of us. park at the edge right here. but claire wants to do one thing before she goes inside. what are you doing now. ....