Queen of the Lot Page #4

Maggie's substance abuse meeting

here tomorrow.

I just want to let you know.

About two o'clock.

(SIGHING)

That's the cash flow sweetheart,

that's what makes you sleep.

- (SIGHING)

- Okay, and no more gambling.

You can't do it anymore,

it's over with.

- CAESAR:
I know.

- I'm telling you.

CAESAR:
Okay, that's enough.

What those um...

What those people

are teaching you,

it's a bunch of bullshit.

MAGGIE:
What are

you talking about?

Do you want to...

Do you want to do

some serious work?

Do you want to realize the

potential of you're being?

Alright then.

I've got something for you.

(GASPS) What is that?

What are you doing?

I am under house arrest,

that is gonna screw me over.

If I get second hand smoke

or anything,

they're gonna detect it

in my urine.

This is exactly what

I'm talking about.

What is the matter with you,

huh?

You pull back from life.

(SCOFFING)

I mean that's all

you're gonna get.

You're gonna get a bunch

of stupid ass comedies.

That's all you'll ever be,

a comedy actress,

if you can't go

beneath the surface.

Are you afraid to go

beneath the surface?

I'm not afraid to go

beneath the surface.

Why are you so afraid?

Alcohol is so old school,

it doesn't do anything.

It brings you down. This baby,

this will bring you up.

Alright, this will bring you up.

This will teach you things

that you need to know about me.

Really, it'll teach you things

that you need to know

about love,

and yourself.

I mean, come on.

Get out of their heads,

get into your own head.

Have an experience.

Do you want to go on

a journey with me?

- Huh, do you really want to?

- Yeah, of course I want to.

I just can't, I can't.

Baby, I really wish you

wouldn't smoke that around me.

(SCOFFING)

- Baby.

- MAGGIE:
What?

I have so much love for you.

(SIGHING)

Whoa.

(sniffling)

(BELL DINGS)

Welcome everyone to

Dependency Busters.

We have a couple of

newbies here today with us.

We've got Saul,

we've got Maggie.

And thank you all so much for

coming to this location today.

I mean I have to thank Kaz

and Caesar for providing this,

and also for Maggie.

Maggie would you like

to explain to the group,

maybe why that they've

had to come here today?

And give a little

thank you, hello.

Uh, hi.

Um, hi.

Um, I guess you have

to come here

'cause of my ankle bracelet.

It sets off an alarm anytime

I go out of the house.

So, I can't leave here and um,

I got it from two DUIs in a row.

Okay, and just for

the newbies here,

let's explain a little bit.

Addiction has really

become a household word.

I mean we talk about

drugs, alcohol, Toblerone,

surfing the net, all under

the frame of addiction.

But addiction is

something that happens

in the mesolimbic

system of the brain.

Scientists refer to it as

a reinforcement center.

And when you do

something to reward it,

it says,

"Hey, great job, high five."

And it gives you a little bit

of a neurotransmitter

called dopamine.

High five, right?

And there's a difference

between addiction and craving.

A craving, when it

becomes a negative thing,

something you crave

and can't live without.

Changes to what?

De...

ALL:
...pendency.

Exactly.

So what we do

when you do that, we...?

- Bust it.

- Bust it, thank you.

Alright, now... Shall we?

Let's begin.

- Let's all introduce ourselves.

- EDIE:
I'll start, I'm Edie.

Hi, Edie.

Food, drinking, men,

spending too much money,

that's all my area.

DEPENDENCY BUSTER:

Alright, let's go over.

I'm Irene and I'm a...

sex addict.

At least that's

what they tell me.

My name is Saul

and I have to say,

I'm here under duress.

My friend, Irene,

prompted me to come here.

I'm not an addict of any kind,

and if I was,

the pseudopsychological stuff,

it sounds...

I'm sorry,

I don't want to offend you,

but it sounds nonsensical to me.

But, she does have a very

forceful effect on me,

and I've agreed to come here

and listen to this stuff.

I don't know that I personally

want to, you know,

have a casual looky loo

sitting in when I'm, you know,

spilling my guts.

Alright, alright,

alright, alright.

Well I have a compulsion

to intrude on other people's

privacy.

It's a compulsion,

I just have to know everything

about everybody and uh...

I work for these

wonderful people,

and I found out

everything about them.

I don't do this for any

kind of devious reasons,

I'm not a blackmailer

or anything.

I just...

I think my addiction is the

thrill of keeping secrets.

I'm sorry, I don't feel

that I was dealt with.

I said I didn't know how I felt

about having this man here,

who doesn't really

want to be here,

and I was talking,

and I mean,

- he's doing his introduction.

- SAUL:
Well...

Did you ever feel that way?

Not really committed yet?

I mean, don't you remember

that stage?

Do you remember that

stage for you at all?

EDIE:
But he says that he

doesn't even have a problem.

- I'd like to explain this.

- I mean, why is he here?

- Let me explain.

- DB CLIENT:
Yeah,

I don't like him

being here either.

DEPENDENCY BUSTER:

I think what's important here...

EDIE:
I mean it's bad enough

we're in a new place,

and I feel upset.

(TALKING OVER EACH OTHER)

- This is good.

- SAUL:
That's alright.

EDIE:
You know, I feel

like we've lost our cohesion.

DEPENDENCY BUSTER:

He's bringing up the fears

and the feeling you have

before you make a bad choice.

What?

DEPENDENCY BUSTER:

So this is a part of the group.

Maybe he's addicted

to not being addicted,

and that's an addiction.

And then he belongs here,

because he's addicted too.

DEPENDENCY BUSTER:

What do you think about that?

(INDIAN MUSIC PLAYING)

I want you to take your

breath in from the third eye.

Look at me.

Put your hands here, and put

your thumbs in your navel.

Make a V.

Exactly like a pyramid, exactly.

That's your second chakra.

This is your place of

creativity and power.

This is where your power is.

MAGGIE:
Power.

HILDI:
Yes, this

will allow you the power

that no matter what is going on,

you will be in control.

I have Irritable

Bowel Syndrome.

- Are you happy?

- Am I happy?

- Are you happy?

- How could I not be happy?

Look how beautiful you are.

Aw.

DOV:
I'm so amazed, you

have the most beautiful smile.

You have the most

beautiful smile.

(MUMBLING ON THE PHONE)

- What are you guys doing?

- DOV:
Nothing.

- What do you mean nothing?

- DOV:
Well I mean,

we've got business

we've got to take care of.

- Business with Caesar?

- Yeah.

- Well, not really with...

- Really?

I'll be back in a...

But listen, we're going to

my dad's house this weekend.

Friday, and we're gonna

leave at five o'clock, okay?

We're going to

my family's house.

- Your mom and dad's?

- DOV:
I'll be back in an hour.

Wait, what I'm

supposed to wear?

No, don't... No, no, no.

- You have stuff to wear.

- You're going away.

I'll be back in an hour

or two, alright?

- No.

- Okay, have a nice night.

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