Why Stop Now Page #2

- Issues?

We all have issues.

What's the problem?

- Julio.

- on.

- Okay?

Wow.

Eli, this isn't a joke.

- I know.

No, I know.

It's annoying.

No, it's more than annoying.

It's filthy,

and she won't take it off.

Two weeks ago,

Julio told Billy Johnson to...

f*** off.

- No, I know

It's bad-.

When she doesn't have

that thing on,

she's, like, an amazing kid;

I get it.

- Wow!

- What?

You been drinking?

- What?

No.

You smell like booze.

- No, I haven't-

I haven't been drinking.

It's 9:
00 in the morning.

Jesus Christ.

Look, I will-

I'll talk to Nicole.

We'll work it out.

Thanks for your concern, though.

- What time you gonna

come pick her up?

- Uh, 1:
00?

Maybe 1:
30?

- Will you call

if you're gonna be late?

Yeah, maybe.

Mess.

- Let's go.

What are you doing?

- All right, I'm just rolling

a cigarette for crying out loud.

- No, we can roll it

when we get there.

Come on, Mom.

Let's go.

- I want to smoke it

while I'm driving.

- You can smoke there!

You're an adult, Jesus Christ.

Mom, ifs gonna be great.

Don't worry.

They let you smoke in rehab.

You can drink all

the decaf coffee you want.

- Decaf? Ugh.

I hate decaf.

People clean up after you.

It's basically like

living with me.

I heard the food sucks.

- No, this place

is really nice.

Look at that.

They got a lot of trees

and grass,

and trees create oxygen,

and that's good for you.

You should be

breathing oxygen for a while.

It would be

a nice change for you.

- I'm not gonna be out here,

sweetie.

I'm gonna be in there.

Look, there's a deck up there.

You can make

some nice little friends.

I think this place

is really nice.

- Ah, "nice."

A really nice prison.

Here, take this.

- Eli?

- Yeah.

I don't think I can do this.

- Yeah, but-

- No, sweetie.

I don't know if I'm ready.

- Yeah, right.

You're going.

I don't care if I have

to drag you in there.

You're going, come on.

- What are you doing?

I'm dragging you inside.

- Eli, stop it!

This isn't funny!

- Nope, not joking.

Come on.

- Let go!

- Okay.

- What the hell

is wrong with you?

- I told you, if you won't go

on your own,

I will drag you inside.

I was about to drag you inside.

You're crazy.

- Oh, yeah.

Yeah, yeah, I'm crazy.

I'm crazy,

not the 45-year-old drug addict

who refuses

to get her sh*t together.

No, me, I'm crazy.

- My problem is not

as big as you think.

Oh, no?

You were missing

for 24 hours straight, okay?

We went looking for you all day.

Your daughter thought you

had killed yourself, okay?

She's nine years old,

and she was hysterical.

- I know.

- Okay, you remember that?

- Yes, I do remember.

Thank you for reminding me.

No problem.

Mom.

Please don't fight me on this,

okay?

If not for me...or you...

do it for Nicole.

Okay, good.

You need some help

with your bags or something?

No, I've got it.

- All right, come on.

Good.

Give me your hand.

Okay, all right, good.

See?

It's not that hard.

Left, right.

Left, right.

Very good, you're doing so well.

Come on.

Okay, come on.

There's some nice people

for you to be friends with.

Hi, this is my mom, Penny.

Okay.

They didn't seem interested.

- You never heard

of ana-nom-anymity?

In you go.

In you go.

Hi.

Come on.

So we are, uh-

okay, all right.

Can I help you?

Checking in.

- Fill this out.

Fill that up.

You should be really proud

of your son.

It takes a lot of courage

to walk in that door.

' Mighty proud.

Wait outside for me, baby?

Okay.

No, I mean it, Eli.

Wait outside for me.

I'll come say good-bye, okay?

Yeah.

Hey.

Hi.

No, no.

I don't smoke.

Congratulations.

Stay.

J'J'

- It's not like I use drugs

every single day.

I just, you know, um-

sometimes when I get started

that I kind of find it

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,

all right?

You'd be a fool to do crack.

What do you think I am,

some kind of dirt bag

or something?

- Yeah, I do.

Yeah, get in the car.

It's my car.

- I know.

I'm driving it.

Get in the car.

Mom, hurry up.

The audition's

in two hours, okay?

- People shouldn't

have to go through all this

when they want some help.

It's ridiculous.

Ridiculous.

- This is where

you buy your drugs?

It's suburbia.

- Eli, you don't buy;

you cop.

All right, park here.

I'm sure they're really happy

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