Why Stop Now Page #4

hard to...stop.

- And you've tried to stop

using drugs and alcohol before?

Well, yeah, kinda sorta.

"Kinda sorta"?

J'J'

We got a problem here.

What's the problem?

- First, you don't have

dirty urine.

- Well, yeah, I mean,

I was kinda getting ready

to come into rehab.

I haven't used in several days.

- Second...

- Yeah, well, what?

You don't have insurance.

Oh.

- Penny, listen,

you can't repeat

what I'm gonna say

to you.

Okay.

Go out, cop, get high,

and bring me back

some dirty urine,

and I will fight

to get you that bed.

- You're telling me

to go get high

so I can get into rehab?

That's the beautiful system

we got, right?

Ridiculous.

J"J"

Yo, w-what are you doing?

- I don't qualify

for detox rehab.

You have to be high

to get in here.

You believe that crap?

- Wait, how do you not?

You abuse drugs, don't you?

Doesn't that qualify you?

You have to have insurance.

I wait tables.

They don't give us insurance.

- I can't believe this.

- I don't know.

I feel like, you know,

the government

should help people.

They want to get help,

they should help 'em.

- Oh, it's the government's

fault, of course.

It's the government's fault.

Who else?

F***

F***! F***!

F***.

Now you are f***ing up my day.

- What-sweetie,

what do you want me to do?

- I want you

to get your act together

and get clean

so I can leave, okay?

I am sick of taking care of you!

I can't do this sh*t forever!

I want...

I want f***ing normal things!

- Eli, how am I

f***ing up your day?

Huh?

Eli.

Eli?

- I have an audition today,

okay?

- Huh?

What?

- It's for

a music conservatory.

They have one spot open.

- Listen, listen!

Shh!

It is in Boston.

- Oh!

Boston?

- Yeah.

- And why didn't you tell me?

It's four hours away.

You have to take care of Nicole,

because if I get accepted,

I leave in five weeks.

I'll be gone for a year.

A year?

- Dave had to pull some strings

just to get me the audition.

So you have to get clean.

Sweetie.

It's a good school?

Yeah.

Yeah, it's a...

it's a really serious school.

F***...so...

all right, so now what do we do?

- You know, Eli,

the guy in there, he tells me-

and I know

this is gonna sound crazy...

Yeah?

- But if I get high

and can produce dirty urine,

then I'm in.

That's crazy, right?

- Yeah, yeah,

it is pretty crazy.

All right.

So let's do it then.

Come on.

Let's get you some crack

or something.

Come on.

- Eli, I can't have you

be a part of this.

Mm-mm, no.

- Mom, I'm already

a part of this.

I've been a part of this

my whole life.

Okay, so come on, you know what?

I will pay for it.

It'll be my treat, come on.

Come on.

- And I don't do crack,

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