Reporter Chris asks a cop, “Is this domestic or drugs?” (0:01)
Chris tells a stranger, “You think I’m going near that thing, you’re nuts.” (0:04)
Student: “Crazy.”
Social studies teacher Eugene: “Crazy.” (0:10)
Seventh grader Trevor’s waitress mom Arlene drinks vodka hidden in her washing machine. Trevor disposes of the bottle. (0:20)
Chris tells the stranger, “No, that would make me a moron.”
”You’ve gone dotty.” (0:26)
Arlene sees homeless Jerry’s track marks. (0:31)
Jerry’s room turned shooting gallery. (0:38)
Bonnie tells Arlene, referring to herself, “You don’t call your sponsor once in a while, you don’t have a sponsor.” (0:45)
Trevor tells Arlene, “You only like people you can get drunk with.” (0:47)
Arlene tells Eugene, “I would have called one of my friends, but my friends are all drunks.”
”And so am I. I’m a drunk too.”
Eugene: “I believe some people refer to that as ‘in recovery.’” (0:50)
Chris tells inmate Sidney, “People are staying clean.” (0:55)
Chris: “No, I’m not stalking the governor, Gordy.” (0:59)
Sidney lights and tokes a joint in Arlene’s mother Grace’s car. Grace: “I paid it forward for a hophead son of a bitch.” (1:05)
Jerry stops a woman from jumping off a bridge. He tells her, “You know, a minute ago all I could think about was getting my next fix...” (1:24)
Trevor’s father Ricky tells Arlene, “I knew I couldn't come back to this house unless I was sober.”
”Are you sober?”
Arlene: “Yeah, I got sober staying right here.” (1:27)
Arlene tells Eugene, “He's sober now. We've never been sober together.”
Eugene: “Unless knocking somebody around is a new family value.”
Arlene: “Ricky never meant to hit me. We were drunk.”
Eugene, referring to his father, “He was there, drunk as usual.” (1:29)
Arlene tells Grace, “Not drunk. You've got to be sober even if it's just for two hours.” (1:45)
Arlene is overcome with grief when she learns that Trevor has died. (1:53)