Alcoholist Page #4

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clean and sober.

Now you just want

to leave like that.

What does leaving

mean to you?

Leaving,

you choose to die.

Staying,

you choose to live.

I know you guys

look at me

like I'm some stupid

f***ing kid

who doesn't know sh*t

about addiction.

But I watched

my father die

with 30 bottles of wine

around him,

and a needle

in his f***in' arm.

So I know what the end

looks like, all right?

Now that brings me back

to the key question

the foundation

of our health group.

What exactly are you

looking for from us?

Turning your abstinence

into something pleasant?

Impossible.

Those nightmares that keep you

guys up at night, right?

Do you want them

to go away?

It's not gonna happen.

All right?

The addict crosses a line

that leaves

no easy way out.

Believe me,

if I could erase

this sh*t from your heads

i would do that.

But we don't

do magic here.

This is reality,

not a children's storybook.

We're here to help you

work on yourself.

Here you have

specialists

who are ready

to f***ing help you.

But you have to realize

that when all these

demons come out,

and they're gonna

come out,

you have to face them

alone.

But this is a fight

you have to struggle through.

Nobody's gonna fight

that fight for you.

So if you wanna go leave

through that door

and start using again,

just go on and do it.

All right, you don't have

to explain yourself to us.

Just to you.

All right,

let's take a break.

Five minutes.

And then I wanna hear

all your stories

when we come back,

all right?

Hey, I could use

Claire's help

with this new group

that's coming in.

What do you think?

You didn't hear?

What?

Claire took leave.

For how long?

I sent you the memo.

You didn't-- you didn't

get the memo?

What's wrong?

You're unhappy?

Come on.

Look, it was the best way

to solve the situation.

Why are there police

inside your house?

My father,

he came around

a few days ago

threatening to have

me arrested

if I didn't comply

with his ultimatum.

Sounds like you have someone

who actually cares for you.

He doesn't care

about me.

My signature's

on too many documents

to leave things

as they are.

All the firms

that he put in my name

are all being audited.

Well, there's a place

where you could stay

for a while,

it's not a clinic,

an extreme form

of treatment,

but I understand

if you're not up for it.

Nobody has been here

for years.

How long

would I stay here?

Well, the way I see it

is that the conventional

method

is like trying

to wake someone up

who's in a coma,

by whispering

in their ear.

This method is like

a bucket of ice water

to the face.

It's shocking.

But it's much

more effective.

-How many days?

-Three days.

72 hours is the time

the body needs

to weaken its addiction

to alcohol.

You'll be alone.

You won't be able

to leave.

Twice a day you will receive

food, water and meds.

Nothing else.

You won't be able

to see me.

You won't have

any contact with me.

Are you ready

to take this step?

Yes.

Daniel, I personally

guarantee

that you will come out

of here clean.

Hey! It's cold.

Goddamn it.

Claire, please,

do you hear me?

It's cold in here.

Please, god,

it's cold in here.

I'm too cold.

Please.

Hey!

Hey, hey!

I gotta get

out of here, okay?

F***ing let me out of here,

I'm gonna f***ing die.

I swear to f***ing god,

i will f***ing kill you,

you b*tch!

You evil, f***ing b*tch,

i will f***ing kill you

when I get out of here,

you f***ing, f***ing--

--b*tch.

My god.

Hey! Hey! Hey!

Please!

I'm desperate.

I'm des--

dehydrating.

Dehydrated.

Please, just give me

a drink.

Goddamn it.

This is a f***ing dream.

This isn't a f***ing--

it's not a dream.

I can't do this

anymore!

I can't

resist anymore,

please.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Today you can come out.

Are you ready?

Yes.

These are the keys

of your car.

You can go and take

a hot shower over there,

I'll wait for you.

There's another place

i want to take you to after.

Okay?

Where are you going?

Are we gonna

stay here for long?

Look, I know I said

i would do anything

you want,

but I can't accept

to be treated like this.

I'll wait for you

in the car.

Do you think it's easy

to digest all the sh*t

you've been eating

all these years?

I never said that.

This is my last patient.

He died three months ago.

Do you wanna know

how long it took him

to get clean?

No.

Almost seven years.

The worst case

I've ever had.

He got to the clinic

right before I started

working there.

I fought with him

for him.

And in the end

we made it.

I told him to go back home

to his family,

so he could get back

on his feet for a while.

When you're at the source

of so many problems,

it's difficult

to forget the past.

He wasted

too much time.

And then he didn't

have any left.

So for this reason,

chose to ask

for my help again.

He asked me

to help him move on.

Maybe you won't

believe it,

but never for one second

did I think

that I would be

making him change

his mind.

I knew I had

to be with him

at that moment.

And I crossed

the line a therapist

should never cross.

It was my duty

to stay with him,

close to him

at that time,

beyond everything.

What the hell does this

have to do with me?

This is just the beginning

of your path.

It's just to let you know

that if anything happens,

I'll always

be there for you.

This is for you.

If you're not ready.

What does this mean?

You want me

to start again?

If you want it.

Is that what you want?

You should support me.

This is what

your body wants.

-Stop.

-I can't control you.

Stop!

The relapse is part

of the rehabilitation.

I don't wanna

hear you anymore.

Claire.

It's Hannah.

Please open the door

for a sec.

It's not right you

leaving us like this.

We need you.

Open up.

I know you.

Don't listen

to that a**hole, Trevor.

I need time alone.

And I need time

to be left alone.

But you've always

been there for me,

since we started

all this.

So now I have

to be there for you.

I'm not asking.

I always ask myself

if I could have done

what you did.

You did it because you think

with your heart.

Hannah, I'm done

with all of you, okay?

And I know you're trying

to help me, but I'm done.

Okay?

Just stay out, please.

Oh, god.

Oh, god.

Oh, god.

Oh, god.

Oh, god!

Hey! Hey!

Hey!

Oh, sh*t.

Oh, god.

Oh, god.

Okay. Okay.

Come here.

Hey! Hey!

There's a man hurt.

I need help.

Stay here.

That won't help.

Get him ready.

Hey!

Hey!

Hey!

God.

F***!

Do you know how you feel

when you receive a call

like, how you suddenly

understand your whole life

will be devoted to it?

Like a mother of a son.

I won't be able to have

a child growing inside of me.

I think it's

just like that.

The man who I chose to love

decided to dedicate his life

to something else.

During his darkest days,

the only time

he forgot to meet me

was when the alcohol

weakened his memory.

During those moments

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