Teen Trouble (2012) s01e01 Episode Script
Chelsea
Don't touch me, okay? I'm Josh Shipp.
When a teen is out of control I wouldn't want to waste any of my money on anything but heroin.
And the parents are out of options I don't give a (bleep)! I get the call.
Tonight on "Teen Trouble" I don't want to push you into this, but I don't want to see you die.
I've got one shot to save 16-year-old Chelsea.
I get high at least three, four times a day.
I have to sleep with my wallet under my pillow.
If I want to get high, I'm gonna (bleep) find a way to get high.
I love my daughter very much.
How has this been on your relationship? There isn't one.
That door will come off before tomorrow.
(Bleep) you.
You were being a big pansy.
I have an opportunity for you to meet your biological mother.
Holy crap.
Here we go.
I know what it means to be a teen in trouble.
I was one Abandoned, abused, addicted but I beat the odds.
I'm a teen behavior specialist.
My approach is gritty, gutsy You can lie to everyone else.
You will not lie to me.
And in your face.
You're acting like a spoiled brat.
It's ridiculous.
My mission is to wake these teens and their parents up Here is a condom.
Here we have a beer can.
Before it's too late.
I'll be damned if I'm gonna let you throw away your life.
This week, I'm in Phoenix, Arizona, where 16-year-old Chelsea is in the fight of her life.
My first try, and I got it in.
Chelsea is a full-blown heroin addict.
I'm gonna catch the (bleep) people that are doing it, and when I do, I don't care! I'm 60 years old! I don't give a (bleep)! Her parents are terrified that her next shot of heroin will be her last.
The last thing we need is her shooting up tonight again, and then she's dead.
I literally love heroin more than absolutely anything on this planet.
- I literally, like - I love it.
So good.
It feels awesome.
I don't really remember if it was I drank first or I smoked weed first, but it was about, like, the age of 12.
And then I started doing prescription pills, over-the-counter pills, and then I started doing ecstasy a lot.
And then, when I was 14, I did meth, heroin, and, like, cocaine, all at the same time.
But right now I'm just like, I wouldn't want to waste any of my money on anything but heroin.
I've been selling it, so I've been, like, making some money and some heroin off of it.
My mom doesn't know that.
She'd freak out.
I've, like, pawned a lot of stuff, uh, from my house.
I've stolen my parents' laptops, flat-screen TVs, and at least $4,000 worth of just, like, wads of cash.
Anything I could get my hands on, I took.
My husband will sleep with the door locked.
I have to sleep with my my wallet under my pillow or your credit cards are gone and your bank account is wiped out.
Afterwards, yeah, like, I have a bad conscience about it, but at the time, you don't even think it's wrong, 'cause you just want to get high so bad.
I get high at least, like Three, four times a day.
I get sick really, really quickly.
I, like, start withdrawing within, like Five, six hours of, like, not getting high.
Somehow it's gotta be stopped.
Yeah, just about anything, I think I would do to help Chelsea, 'cause this is a killer drug.
Where did she learn this? How did she get to this point? This is not the way it's supposed to be.
We were married, actually, for eight years, and it was time for kids.
We went through couple years of treatments, and, um Nothing ever came about.
Just wanted children so much, I would do anything.
One of my coworkers came up to me with a picture of these two little kids, and said, "what do you think of 'em?" And I said, "they're beautiful.
" Well, we were just overjoyed over the adoption.
I was happy that I was finally gonna get a daughter.
She was just this beautiful, beautiful, amazing child, just full of life and And just so much laughter in her heart, and it was very infectious.
She was amazing at everything.
She was skating at 4 years old like she was walking down the street.
She skated for eight years, and she was taking home trophies and medals left and right.
When I stopped ice-skating, I really didn't know what to do with myself.
A lot of things just started crumbling down.
Like, I would just be so depressed about absolutely nothing.
I started thinking about being adopted, and, like, "well, you know, if my own parents didn't want me, then, like, why would anyone else?" I don't know the intentions of, like, why I was given up.
You know, if someone didn't want me, like, was I not, you know, like, I couldn't fit into their lifestyle.
Right around that time, I got into drugs.
And then Lexi was like, "hey, like, do you want to try some heroin?" At first, I was like, "oh, okay, like, I'm only gonna do this one time.
" And, like, I promise, like If you ever hear anyone say that, it is a lie.
I fell in love with it.
I just started doing it every day with her, and her and I became best friends.
We hung out every day for at least two and a half, three years.
On the 4th of July, Lexi died from an overdose, uh, of heroin.
They actually found her on her couch in her bedroom, with, uh, the needle still in her arm, and blood coming out of her nose and mouth.
I was destroyed 'cause that girl was, like, my whole entire life, and she died, so I really didn't know what to do with myself, and, like, I didn't want to feel upset, and I didn't want to cry about it, so I just kept using more and more heroin so, like, I didn't have to feel any of those feelings at all.
I-I definitely know that, like, overdose is, like, a possibility for me.
I don't want to die, but, like, I'm not, like, worried about dying.
I just have a-a vision of her just lying in her bed with a, you know, a needle stuck in her arm, and, you know, she's just gone.
Huh.
We've been trying for so long to try to get her help.
I walk on eggshells here, but it's easier to pacify her and give her what she wants than to start the chance of her just walking out the front door and not coming back for 36 hours.
It makes me sad, that I can't help 'Cause I love my daughter very much.
I wish I didn't love it as much as I do, but I do.
I just feel like I've really let her down, and I've let her birth mother down, because she gave her to me to care of, and, you know, this is what happened.
Are you gonna get high when Josh is here, too? Like, sorry.
Like, I'm an addict.
Like, that's what we do, and it's just not "bam.
" You can't just stop like that.
Why are you labeling yourself? You are not the labels you keep putting on yourself.
You really just said that? All my hopes for my daughter's life are resting on Josh.
I knew I had to keep her alive until he got here, and that was the hard part.
This is Chelsea's last chance.
I mean, it's the only way to say it, you know? I just pray that he's gonna save her life.
(Bleep) my life.
I just arrived in Phoenix, and I'm on my way to meet with 16-year-old Chelsea and her family.
I've been studying up on Chelsea's situation, and her parents have also filled me in on how drastic their situation is.
I mean, there are more o.
D.
S associated with heroin than any other drug on the planet.
I'm concerned that I could get a phone call on the way to her house, telling me that she'd O.
D.
'ed, and that she's dead.
It's so ridiculous how enabling these parents are.
That home is like a drug resort, where she gets to do as she pleases, steal from them, abuse them.
And I'm going to be just as hard on them as I will on Chelsea.
By not laying down the law, they are loving her, literally, to death.
- You must be Deborah.
- Hi.
Deborah.
- Nice to meet you.
- Hi.
I'm Josh Shipp.
How do you do? - Good.
Thank you.
- Nice to meet you.
Hi, Chelsea.
- Daril? Hi.
Josh Shipp.
- Hi.
Thank you for having me in your home.
Chelsea, talk to me about what your hope is for this whole thing.
I don't really know what to expect.
What about for the two of you? What is your hope for this? Save our daughter's life.
Yes.
This situation is unique, in the fact that Chelsea is a full-blown addict.
It's not just she's rebellious or she's annoying you.
She's an addict.
Now what you guys have been doing isn't working.
You know, I'm not trying to be rude.
I'm just stating the fact.
Mm-hmm.
Uh, so from this moment forward, for the next several days, I'm in charge.
- It's all yours.
- Mm-hmm.
All right.
Here's what I want to do right now.
First, I want to spend some time with Chelsea, and then I want to come back here and spend some time with the two of you.
Chelsea, shall we? Yeah.
I always wanted to be the one in control of everything, but I don't really know, like, what, exactly, he's gonna do.
I'm just, like, swinging with it.
(Bleep) you.
You were being a big pansy.
I want to get out.
So leave me alone.
I'm here in Phoenix to work with 16-year-old Chelsea.
Chelsea is a straight-up heroin addict.
My whole plan with Chelsea is to get her into detox and to get her into rehab.
Chelsea's an artist, and so I thought, bringing her here, we can do some arts and crafts, paint a little bit.
I always want to put a the kid that I'm working with in a-an environment they're familiar with, they feel comfortable in, because then, when they're more comfortable, they're going to open up to me.
You know, I'm I'm obviously here to work with you because you're an addict.
Yeah.
Are you high right now? No.
Are you lying to me? No.
I wish.
Where are you afraid this could head? Like, if I keep using? Yeah.
I'm not sure.
Th The dying doesn't really scare me at all.
Do you feel like you have nothing worth living for? I don't know.
I just don't really like myself.
That's, like, one of my favorite parts of getting high, is that I don't have to, like, feel.
I know you Feel abandoned And I know exactly what that feels like.
My mom was 17 Had me, and then took off.
From the hospital? Yeah.
So you were just left at the hospital? Left.
I mean, I used to think that my life was pointless, and that I had nothing worth living for, and that if I was worth living for, then my parents wouldn't have left me.
Yeah.
But part of my job of being here is to say, "this is true, but this is a lie.
" And you believing that you don't have something worth living for is a complete and total lie.
I actually believe that you have what it takes to beat your addiction, but what I need, and, frankly, what I require, is your commitment.
I can't just, like, say, "okay," before knowing, like, what you're gonna do, or, like, if I say, "okay," but then something happens, and I, like, I freak out, then, like, that's just - Look, you're welcome to freak out.
- Yeah.
- Like, that's I'm gonna do it.
- You probably will.
- Yeah.
- You probably will freak out, and that's fine.
I didn't say, "you can't freak out this week.
" You're welcome to your feelings But do I have your 100% commitment? Mm, yeah.
I just kind of feel sad right now.
I don't really know if, deep down, she wants to get clean, and that's what matters.
Now it's like I gotta shift gears.
I'm heading back to her house, sit down with the parents.
This is a really important conversation.
The parents are big enablers, they really need to be called on a lot of things, and that's what I have in front of me.
Truthfully, th-the biggest area of concern I see, with your daughter's room, is this.
For a drug addict to have absolute privacy in her bedroom, that's that's inviting trouble.
I would highly suggest taking off the door.
A lot of what I heard from Deborah and Daril before I met them, was sort of like, "we've tried everything we can," but the one thing they haven't tried is educating themselves about what addiction is or is not.
And you were saying you had a family member who was an alcoholic.
Your father is that correct? Correct.
Your father was an alcoholic, your daughter is an addict Mm-hmm.
And yet the two of you have not sought education, training, support, mentorship, about addiction.
She has.
Who has? My daughter.
Right.
I'm talking about you.
No.
That is absolutely absurd, and you need to own that.
Well Okay.
Now In this home, there are no clear consequences.
But when you lay consequences down, and then things happen, you know? - I mean, she'll run away or - Yeah.
You know, you take the phone away from her, and then you can't find her.
If there are not consequences, she will end up dead, or in jail, or homeless.
How's how has this been on your relationship? There isn't one.
- It's - No.
No.
The bottom line is, if this relationship is not healthy, if the two of you are not healthy, your daughter's not gonna get healthy.
- We understand that.
- True.
That's the fact of the matter.
- That's right.
- When you sent her to detox, Rehab, therapist, counseling, mentoring, every single thing in the book She'd come back to the same environment that she was in.
- Yes.
- I get it.
If you have any hope with your daughter, this relationship has to be healthy.
I gave Chelsea's parents some specific instructions about how to handle her when she blows up, and I wanted to see if they would follow them.
I was outside the house, listening, prepared to step in if I had to.
You took off my (bleep) door.
So that's it? Just going to bed? (Bleep) you.
You took off my (bleep) door.
Yeah.
We took off your door.
If I want to get high, I'm gonna Find a way to get high, and I want to get high.
That will make me not get high, so hey, if I want to get high, then why would I take it? We are dealing with an addict right now, who, the only thing on her mind is getting high, and everything standing in her way of that is the enemy.
I'd like you to take your medicine.
I don't think (bleep).
I don't want it.
Okay? So leave me alone.
What are you gonna do to make her take the drug? I don't know, but I need to make sure that she does not leave this house.
So does that mean this is an all-nighter just to make sure she don't sneak out? I don't know.
Are you gonna be there to stay up with me? Me? Yeah.
Exactly.
Daril's passivity was mind-blowing to me.
It's like he was outsourcing everything to his wife.
I can take the phone away next.
Well, then, when I'm out, and you don't know where I am, good luck.
We are now, tonight, seeing her ace cards.
"I need the phone 'cause, otherwise, you won't know where I am.
" You want to end up overdosing from the crap? I don't really care if it happens.
That's why it makes it so much easier to (bleep) do it.
What she's really trying to do there is, "I want to freak you out so you'll back off of me," but when you allow your child to manipulate your rules, you lose.
I mean, she can stay in my closet all night, as long as she's okay.
The door is coming off, chels.
You can take my lock off, but I'm not leaving my (bleep) door off.
Door's coming off.
One way or another, that door will come off before tomorrow.
They need to start standing their ground with their daughter.
You're gonna let me in, and I'm gonna take this door off.
I don't care if the lock comes off, but I'm not having my whole entire door off.
Go get me a new handle without a lock, but my door is not coming off.
All right.
I'll do that.
Everyone has lost control.
This is a disaster.
That could have been done in, like, three minutes.
I feel like I need, like, nine of me And maybe we have a shot with this family.
You can choose to say yes to help.
Well, I don't want to say yes.
I loved doing drugs so (bleep) much.
Baby, I don't want that to be you.
Last night, Chelsea freaked out.
Frankly, that's to be expected.
What I'm more concerned about is how Deb and Daril reacted.
They need to start standing their ground with their daughter.
Last night, I was hearing some of the thingsv you were saying, some of the things going on.
You were being completely passive and a big pansy.
You were putting everything on your wife.
'Cause mom knows how to deal with her on a better scale, I think, than I do.
The man takes responsibility.
You are the man of the house, and you need to start acting like it.
This is insanely difficult, what she's doing.
It's not just a "try harder," you know, "quit doing it.
" I did not once hear, "honey, we're proud of you.
This must be so difficult for you.
" It's all about being tough and tender.
You gotta know when the right time is to be tough, stand your ground, and you gotta know when the right time is to be tender A little empathy.
Okay.
Here's what's gonna happen next.
I'm gonna give the two of you an address, and the two of you and Chelsea will meet me there.
I only have a few days with Chelsea.
I have my game plan, but this is not gonna be easy.
Hey, guys.
Hey.
Now Marge is obviously a tattoo artist, and so, Chelsea, I thought you could totally relate to her, as an artist yourself, and, Deborah and Daril, I assure you that you have a lesson to learn from Marge's story as well.
When I was 12 years old is when I started abusing substances.
I kept telling myself, "I'm just partying," until I started getting sick From not doing it.
I got married at 19, and with my first husband, we were hitting up heroin, we were doing morphine.
I had my my oldest child when I was 21.
His name's Jacob.
When I found out I was pregnant, I cleaned up for a while.
My son he was very happy.
He was fun.
He was joyful.
He'd always grab me, hug me, "I love you, mom.
" Didn't matter who was watching, but, uh, I loved doing drugs so (bleep) much, I was unavailable to him, and I had no idea what was going on in his life.
He didn't tell me about his doing drugs.
I didn't tell him about mine.
We didn't discuss it.
We didn't do it in front of each other.
So I turned my my blinders on.
I didn't see my son reaching out, you know? I-I didn't see how much trouble he was in, 'cause I'd have to look at myself, too.
What's Jake up to now? Jacob I'd love to introduce you to him.
Would you like to meet my son? This Is, uh, Jake.
This is, uh All I have left of him.
This is it.
I have that 'Cause I didn't pay attention to the warning signs.
So they brought him out on a cart, and, um He was in a body bag.
He had blood running out of his mouth, and into his hair, and he was cold And his eyes were open.
Baby, I don't want that to be you.
I needed tools, as strong as I was.
I was a biker.
I was a tattooist.
I was a professional.
I was a badass bitch.
I'm strong.
I don't need (bleep) nobody.
I couldn't do it by myself.
I'm not that strong.
It's so hard Without help But I'll help you.
I beg you, girl.
I get on my knees to you.
Life is so much better with a clear head.
What do you wish your parents would have done? What should Chelsea's parents do? I wish they would have researched.
I wish they would have understood.
I wish they would have went to counseling themselves and and tried to figure out what needed to be done.
I wished I would have done that with Jake.
I know she can do it, and I believe in her.
I always have, so we'll make it through this, but it's hearing people that know that there is a light at the end There is.
Yeah, and life.
There is.
That is what helps her, as well as me So thank you.
Thank you, babe.
I think her meeting her own mom could be a boost for her.
I don't want to lose her.
Chelsea could pull the plug on this.
Holy crap.
Here we go.
So here's what I want to talk to you about.
As you know, this is a life-or-death situation with your daughter.
I've been really trying to wrack my brain for, what is that thing that's going to break through the barriers of addiction? You know, when I first started working with Chelsea, I had no idea that her parents had so much information about her birth mom.
Once I realized that was the case, I thought there might be a chance that I could track her down, and I think that could be a key in getting through to her.
I think her meeting her own mom could be a boost for her.
You what? Meeting her biological mother.
I thought that I should track her down, and I would like for them to meet.
Where's that gonna put us to her in life - after this? - Great question.
No one can ever replace the two of you to Chelsea.
I don't want to lose her.
Yeah.
But I don't want her to die, either - No.
- You know? Exactly.
Listen, this is not you losing her.
This is you getting her back.
Are you okay with it? Okay.
All right.
Call this number, and see if they have any forwarding information for Sandra.
We had this full-on blitz, trying to find Chelsea's mom.
All right, so if we can get ahold of an aunt, a boyfriend I had members of my team, like, googling with me.
She's moved around.
I'm thinking address number seven's the latest.
She lives in Colorado.
I'm not getting any result.
I'm having trouble finding a phone number.
No, it is a 602 number in the Colorado.
How do you know her? How are you related to her? I-it's imperative that she gets back to me tonight if possible, please.
It's, like, I'm searching online, I'm looking on all these different web sites Then I found her Facebook page, and on that page, it said one of her aspirations was to meet her biological children, and I was like, "holy crap.
Here we go.
" I found Chelsea's grandmother.
What city or state is she in? Phoenix.
2-9-0-6.
Hi.
I'm looking for Sandra.
Thanks.
Hi.
Is this Sandra? Hey, Sandra.
My name is Josh Shipp, I work with teenagers, and I have information regarding your daughter Chelsea.
Okay.
Um, I am working with her, she is currently struggling Okay.
And I would like for you to meet you.
Is that something you would be interested in? Wonderful.
Whoo-hoo-hoo! I cannot believe what just happened.
She says yes, and then she drops that she's literally only in town for a week.
It's just unbelievable.
This was not something, uh, that was preconceived, I had set up, but this is a unique opportunity, you know, that I found Chelsea's birth mom.
Right now I'm headed to Chelsea's house.
I'm gonna pick her up, but I have the mom standing by.
She's excited, but I have to get Chelsea to agree to it.
Chelsea could pull the plug on this.
I've been wracking my brain about what the appropriate next step with you is, and I've just been thinking about The similarity that we share, of not necessarily knowing where we come from, and how that can lead to a lot of frustration and questions and feeling of abandonment, so I have an opportunity for you to meet your mom.
Would you be interested in meeting her? She's here.
Like, here here? She's here right now.
So would you like me to get her and meet her? I don't know.
It's a surprise.
I mean, like, I'm kind of nervous, but I've always, like, wanted to know about her Everything that's happened, or, like, why she had to give me up, and all that kind of stuff, but I'm excited.
It's something I've always wanted.
Chelsea, I'd like to introduce you to your biological mother.
Hi.
What's up? All right.
Wh-why don't we sit down? Sandra, why don't you sit over there? What a special moment right now.
Sandra, what would you like to say to your daughter? I just I've always loved you.
Yeah? Yeah.
And I've I've always thought about you and, you know, I wish things would've been very different.
You just saying that makes it feel a lot better, 'cause I just never knew that.
You know, I needed to, like, be told it by you.
I just didn't know why I was given up.
If I wasn't loved or No, it wasn't a matter of not Not loving you or not wanting you.
That was that was never, never an issue.
My parents and everything was very dysfunctional.
My mom was an alcoholic, and there was a lot of drama and and unfortunately, your dad was an addict.
He was also abusive, so He was out of the picture.
I was kind of on my own, and I wanted Very desperately, better for you.
I was feeling really low, because I felt like I had failed you guys.
Even though, in my head and in my heart, I knew that the decision is what was best, I still felt guilty, and that followed me for a long time.
I knew there was gonna be a day that I saw you guys.
Yeah.
I just I felt that in my heart.
And I just decided that You know, when that time came, I didn't want you guys to see me in that state.
Yeah.
I have pictures of you guys.
Awesome.
You guys are not like a kept, hidden secret.
It's never been that way.
We celebrate your birthdays silently every year.
That's cool.
I have your names tattooed.
- Where? - On my ankle.
Can I see it? Yeah.
Okay.
That's awesome.
There's some guilty feelings there.
A-again, you know, it goes back to going, "you know, would she have been any worse off had I kept her with me?" Um, I can tell you addiction and mental health problems definitely run on both sides with my family and your dad's.
Um, but Everybody has overcome it, every single person.
It's attainable.
You so can do it.
It feels good that I got to meet her.
It's like a relief that I know things now that I didn't know before that, like, I've kind of been struggling with for a long time, especially, like, the reason I got high was because of those feelings.
So, like, now I can, like, try and, like, work towards getting better.
- Can I give you my number? - Okay.
- All right.
- Yeah, if you want to.
- Yeah.
- Okay.
Bye.
I'm not gonna sit there and lie and be like, "yeah, I want it," - 'cause I don't.
" - I don't want to push you into this, But I don't want to see you die.
All right, so this is an important part of the process.
What I want to do right now I need to set up very delicately.
This time is not about dwelling on the past, but rather acknowledging the past so we understand what we're leaving behind.
And so right now, I want to show the three of you a video Of Chelsea for that very reason.
I think this could be incredibly motivating, for you to acknowledge where you've come from so that inspires you to move forward.
Okay? Just hit that space bar.
I shoot up, like, every, like A couple times within, like, every, like, an hour or two.
There we go.
You can see all the blood.
It was just it was just horrible, just to sit and watch.
I mean, it just validated all those fears.
My mom's definitely suspicious, though, 'cause earlier in the car, she was like, "oh, your arm looks really bad.
" And then outside, she's, "why are you so tired?" It hurts to know that I had no control.
You know, it just it makes me just feel so, you know, ashamed of myself for, you know, letting it get to this point.
I just don't I don't know what else to do.
What are you thinking when you watch that footage of your daughter? I feel as if I let you down.
And for that, I'm sorry.
I should've seen The signs a lot earlier.
I need to be accountable for all of my mistakes so that they won't happen again, 'cause you're my daughter, and I love you.
Daril, how's it feel to see that? I Little shocked there.
I Actually, a lot more than a little shocked, but Had no idea her addiction was this far along.
Chelsea, I'm just Truly sorry that Too naive Should've been more aware of this drug, but No matter what it takes, I'm gonna help you Stay clean.
What do you think of that person? I remember my best friend, the one that died, I remember, like, when I wasn't bad into it, and I saw her, I just felt so bad for her.
And, like, the whole time I was watching that, like, that's what I saw.
You felt bad for that person.
Yeah.
For yourself.
Yeah.
What would you say to that person? Stop.
I don't know.
What I want to do right now is present to you an opportunity and see if you want to take that step.
It's an opportunity to attend copper canyon academy.
Their goal is not just get you off the drugs, but beyond that, help you turn your life around, help you have a life worth living.
It's in Arizona.
- You stay there? - You stay there.
For how long? For up to a year.
Previously, she'd gone to rehab, I don't know, 30 days.
You know, she's gonna get a full year.
So she's really going to have a real shot at this.
I don't know.
You trusted him this far, chels.
Yeah, but I don't know, man.
You want to be challenged academically? You want to be sober? Yeah, but I've, like, been being honest and saying that I don't even know if that's 100% what I want.
Like, I want to get sober, but I don't know if I'm willing to put in all the work.
- A year? Like, I just - And so what if you stayed there a year? I'm not for it.
Not at all.
What if you had 20 bucks, and I asked you if I could borrow a dime? Would you give me a dime? - A dime out of 20 bucks? - Mm-hmm.
- Yeah.
- There you go.
Same thing right here.
You have your entire life ahead of you, and I'm asking you to invest a dime.
Well, do I get to make the decision, or do you they get to make the decision? Because if they get to make it, then I already know I'm going.
So Well, the truth is, you are a minor.
So they can make that decision.
Awesome.
However, right now, you have a window of opportunity to take control of your life, possibly for the first time.
Well, my answer's no.
Like, I don't want it.
I don't want to go.
That's not what I want at all.
But nothing's worked.
You just saw.
Daril and I made this decision to do whatever it took to help her.
Will you take the help? Chelsea, you need to stay.
Chels.
I'm not staying right now, okay? I don't want to push you into this, but I don't want to see you die.
That's the God-honest truth.
You can choose to say yes to help.
Well, I don't want to say yes.
I'm not gonna sit there and lie and be like, "yeah, I want it," 'cause I don't.
What do you think is stopping you from taking the help? I just don't want to go somewhere else and, like, be gone for a long time.
Like, already going for, like, a month, like, is enough for me.
But it's not enough for you.
And, like, I know that, 'cause, like, each time that my parents made me go to other ones, I told them, "when I get out, I'm getting high.
" The next day, guess what I did.
I got high.
So that's exactly what's gonna happen in this situation, because I'm not choosing to go, and I know that it's gonna end up happening.
The opportunity of this long-term treatment scares her even more 'cause it's just unknown.
But I think this is what it's gonna take to help her get past this.
This is what your parents want.
At this point, you no longer have an option.
Grab my hand.
Walk with me.
Let's go.
Chelsea, please stand up.
Let's go.
Right now.
Let's go.
I'll carry these.
Don't touch me, okay? It's like my whole freakin' plan, everything, is to push her towards this moment where all she has to say is one little word, "yes" And I feel like I lost.
Sometimes change is messy as hell.
You know, these parents have been through so much.
This girl's gone to rehab three times.
This will be the fourth time.
Maybe this will be the time that sticks.
Maybe it won't.
But this is just a small little fraction of her life.
I know it's the right thing.
I know that it could help me, but if I don't choose something for myself, like, it's not gonna work.
And by, like, other people making me do it, like, it makes me want to, like, get back at them for it so I can do what I want.
That's why I I'm saying right now, I'm gonna get high when I get out.
When a teen is out of control I wouldn't want to waste any of my money on anything but heroin.
And the parents are out of options I don't give a (bleep)! I get the call.
Tonight on "Teen Trouble" I don't want to push you into this, but I don't want to see you die.
I've got one shot to save 16-year-old Chelsea.
I get high at least three, four times a day.
I have to sleep with my wallet under my pillow.
If I want to get high, I'm gonna (bleep) find a way to get high.
I love my daughter very much.
How has this been on your relationship? There isn't one.
That door will come off before tomorrow.
(Bleep) you.
You were being a big pansy.
I have an opportunity for you to meet your biological mother.
Holy crap.
Here we go.
I know what it means to be a teen in trouble.
I was one Abandoned, abused, addicted but I beat the odds.
I'm a teen behavior specialist.
My approach is gritty, gutsy You can lie to everyone else.
You will not lie to me.
And in your face.
You're acting like a spoiled brat.
It's ridiculous.
My mission is to wake these teens and their parents up Here is a condom.
Here we have a beer can.
Before it's too late.
I'll be damned if I'm gonna let you throw away your life.
This week, I'm in Phoenix, Arizona, where 16-year-old Chelsea is in the fight of her life.
My first try, and I got it in.
Chelsea is a full-blown heroin addict.
I'm gonna catch the (bleep) people that are doing it, and when I do, I don't care! I'm 60 years old! I don't give a (bleep)! Her parents are terrified that her next shot of heroin will be her last.
The last thing we need is her shooting up tonight again, and then she's dead.
I literally love heroin more than absolutely anything on this planet.
- I literally, like - I love it.
So good.
It feels awesome.
I don't really remember if it was I drank first or I smoked weed first, but it was about, like, the age of 12.
And then I started doing prescription pills, over-the-counter pills, and then I started doing ecstasy a lot.
And then, when I was 14, I did meth, heroin, and, like, cocaine, all at the same time.
But right now I'm just like, I wouldn't want to waste any of my money on anything but heroin.
I've been selling it, so I've been, like, making some money and some heroin off of it.
My mom doesn't know that.
She'd freak out.
I've, like, pawned a lot of stuff, uh, from my house.
I've stolen my parents' laptops, flat-screen TVs, and at least $4,000 worth of just, like, wads of cash.
Anything I could get my hands on, I took.
My husband will sleep with the door locked.
I have to sleep with my my wallet under my pillow or your credit cards are gone and your bank account is wiped out.
Afterwards, yeah, like, I have a bad conscience about it, but at the time, you don't even think it's wrong, 'cause you just want to get high so bad.
I get high at least, like Three, four times a day.
I get sick really, really quickly.
I, like, start withdrawing within, like Five, six hours of, like, not getting high.
Somehow it's gotta be stopped.
Yeah, just about anything, I think I would do to help Chelsea, 'cause this is a killer drug.
Where did she learn this? How did she get to this point? This is not the way it's supposed to be.
We were married, actually, for eight years, and it was time for kids.
We went through couple years of treatments, and, um Nothing ever came about.
Just wanted children so much, I would do anything.
One of my coworkers came up to me with a picture of these two little kids, and said, "what do you think of 'em?" And I said, "they're beautiful.
" Well, we were just overjoyed over the adoption.
I was happy that I was finally gonna get a daughter.
She was just this beautiful, beautiful, amazing child, just full of life and And just so much laughter in her heart, and it was very infectious.
She was amazing at everything.
She was skating at 4 years old like she was walking down the street.
She skated for eight years, and she was taking home trophies and medals left and right.
When I stopped ice-skating, I really didn't know what to do with myself.
A lot of things just started crumbling down.
Like, I would just be so depressed about absolutely nothing.
I started thinking about being adopted, and, like, "well, you know, if my own parents didn't want me, then, like, why would anyone else?" I don't know the intentions of, like, why I was given up.
You know, if someone didn't want me, like, was I not, you know, like, I couldn't fit into their lifestyle.
Right around that time, I got into drugs.
And then Lexi was like, "hey, like, do you want to try some heroin?" At first, I was like, "oh, okay, like, I'm only gonna do this one time.
" And, like, I promise, like If you ever hear anyone say that, it is a lie.
I fell in love with it.
I just started doing it every day with her, and her and I became best friends.
We hung out every day for at least two and a half, three years.
On the 4th of July, Lexi died from an overdose, uh, of heroin.
They actually found her on her couch in her bedroom, with, uh, the needle still in her arm, and blood coming out of her nose and mouth.
I was destroyed 'cause that girl was, like, my whole entire life, and she died, so I really didn't know what to do with myself, and, like, I didn't want to feel upset, and I didn't want to cry about it, so I just kept using more and more heroin so, like, I didn't have to feel any of those feelings at all.
I-I definitely know that, like, overdose is, like, a possibility for me.
I don't want to die, but, like, I'm not, like, worried about dying.
I just have a-a vision of her just lying in her bed with a, you know, a needle stuck in her arm, and, you know, she's just gone.
Huh.
We've been trying for so long to try to get her help.
I walk on eggshells here, but it's easier to pacify her and give her what she wants than to start the chance of her just walking out the front door and not coming back for 36 hours.
It makes me sad, that I can't help 'Cause I love my daughter very much.
I wish I didn't love it as much as I do, but I do.
I just feel like I've really let her down, and I've let her birth mother down, because she gave her to me to care of, and, you know, this is what happened.
Are you gonna get high when Josh is here, too? Like, sorry.
Like, I'm an addict.
Like, that's what we do, and it's just not "bam.
" You can't just stop like that.
Why are you labeling yourself? You are not the labels you keep putting on yourself.
You really just said that? All my hopes for my daughter's life are resting on Josh.
I knew I had to keep her alive until he got here, and that was the hard part.
This is Chelsea's last chance.
I mean, it's the only way to say it, you know? I just pray that he's gonna save her life.
(Bleep) my life.
I just arrived in Phoenix, and I'm on my way to meet with 16-year-old Chelsea and her family.
I've been studying up on Chelsea's situation, and her parents have also filled me in on how drastic their situation is.
I mean, there are more o.
D.
S associated with heroin than any other drug on the planet.
I'm concerned that I could get a phone call on the way to her house, telling me that she'd O.
D.
'ed, and that she's dead.
It's so ridiculous how enabling these parents are.
That home is like a drug resort, where she gets to do as she pleases, steal from them, abuse them.
And I'm going to be just as hard on them as I will on Chelsea.
By not laying down the law, they are loving her, literally, to death.
- You must be Deborah.
- Hi.
Deborah.
- Nice to meet you.
- Hi.
I'm Josh Shipp.
How do you do? - Good.
Thank you.
- Nice to meet you.
Hi, Chelsea.
- Daril? Hi.
Josh Shipp.
- Hi.
Thank you for having me in your home.
Chelsea, talk to me about what your hope is for this whole thing.
I don't really know what to expect.
What about for the two of you? What is your hope for this? Save our daughter's life.
Yes.
This situation is unique, in the fact that Chelsea is a full-blown addict.
It's not just she's rebellious or she's annoying you.
She's an addict.
Now what you guys have been doing isn't working.
You know, I'm not trying to be rude.
I'm just stating the fact.
Mm-hmm.
Uh, so from this moment forward, for the next several days, I'm in charge.
- It's all yours.
- Mm-hmm.
All right.
Here's what I want to do right now.
First, I want to spend some time with Chelsea, and then I want to come back here and spend some time with the two of you.
Chelsea, shall we? Yeah.
I always wanted to be the one in control of everything, but I don't really know, like, what, exactly, he's gonna do.
I'm just, like, swinging with it.
(Bleep) you.
You were being a big pansy.
I want to get out.
So leave me alone.
I'm here in Phoenix to work with 16-year-old Chelsea.
Chelsea is a straight-up heroin addict.
My whole plan with Chelsea is to get her into detox and to get her into rehab.
Chelsea's an artist, and so I thought, bringing her here, we can do some arts and crafts, paint a little bit.
I always want to put a the kid that I'm working with in a-an environment they're familiar with, they feel comfortable in, because then, when they're more comfortable, they're going to open up to me.
You know, I'm I'm obviously here to work with you because you're an addict.
Yeah.
Are you high right now? No.
Are you lying to me? No.
I wish.
Where are you afraid this could head? Like, if I keep using? Yeah.
I'm not sure.
Th The dying doesn't really scare me at all.
Do you feel like you have nothing worth living for? I don't know.
I just don't really like myself.
That's, like, one of my favorite parts of getting high, is that I don't have to, like, feel.
I know you Feel abandoned And I know exactly what that feels like.
My mom was 17 Had me, and then took off.
From the hospital? Yeah.
So you were just left at the hospital? Left.
I mean, I used to think that my life was pointless, and that I had nothing worth living for, and that if I was worth living for, then my parents wouldn't have left me.
Yeah.
But part of my job of being here is to say, "this is true, but this is a lie.
" And you believing that you don't have something worth living for is a complete and total lie.
I actually believe that you have what it takes to beat your addiction, but what I need, and, frankly, what I require, is your commitment.
I can't just, like, say, "okay," before knowing, like, what you're gonna do, or, like, if I say, "okay," but then something happens, and I, like, I freak out, then, like, that's just - Look, you're welcome to freak out.
- Yeah.
- Like, that's I'm gonna do it.
- You probably will.
- Yeah.
- You probably will freak out, and that's fine.
I didn't say, "you can't freak out this week.
" You're welcome to your feelings But do I have your 100% commitment? Mm, yeah.
I just kind of feel sad right now.
I don't really know if, deep down, she wants to get clean, and that's what matters.
Now it's like I gotta shift gears.
I'm heading back to her house, sit down with the parents.
This is a really important conversation.
The parents are big enablers, they really need to be called on a lot of things, and that's what I have in front of me.
Truthfully, th-the biggest area of concern I see, with your daughter's room, is this.
For a drug addict to have absolute privacy in her bedroom, that's that's inviting trouble.
I would highly suggest taking off the door.
A lot of what I heard from Deborah and Daril before I met them, was sort of like, "we've tried everything we can," but the one thing they haven't tried is educating themselves about what addiction is or is not.
And you were saying you had a family member who was an alcoholic.
Your father is that correct? Correct.
Your father was an alcoholic, your daughter is an addict Mm-hmm.
And yet the two of you have not sought education, training, support, mentorship, about addiction.
She has.
Who has? My daughter.
Right.
I'm talking about you.
No.
That is absolutely absurd, and you need to own that.
Well Okay.
Now In this home, there are no clear consequences.
But when you lay consequences down, and then things happen, you know? - I mean, she'll run away or - Yeah.
You know, you take the phone away from her, and then you can't find her.
If there are not consequences, she will end up dead, or in jail, or homeless.
How's how has this been on your relationship? There isn't one.
- It's - No.
No.
The bottom line is, if this relationship is not healthy, if the two of you are not healthy, your daughter's not gonna get healthy.
- We understand that.
- True.
That's the fact of the matter.
- That's right.
- When you sent her to detox, Rehab, therapist, counseling, mentoring, every single thing in the book She'd come back to the same environment that she was in.
- Yes.
- I get it.
If you have any hope with your daughter, this relationship has to be healthy.
I gave Chelsea's parents some specific instructions about how to handle her when she blows up, and I wanted to see if they would follow them.
I was outside the house, listening, prepared to step in if I had to.
You took off my (bleep) door.
So that's it? Just going to bed? (Bleep) you.
You took off my (bleep) door.
Yeah.
We took off your door.
If I want to get high, I'm gonna Find a way to get high, and I want to get high.
That will make me not get high, so hey, if I want to get high, then why would I take it? We are dealing with an addict right now, who, the only thing on her mind is getting high, and everything standing in her way of that is the enemy.
I'd like you to take your medicine.
I don't think (bleep).
I don't want it.
Okay? So leave me alone.
What are you gonna do to make her take the drug? I don't know, but I need to make sure that she does not leave this house.
So does that mean this is an all-nighter just to make sure she don't sneak out? I don't know.
Are you gonna be there to stay up with me? Me? Yeah.
Exactly.
Daril's passivity was mind-blowing to me.
It's like he was outsourcing everything to his wife.
I can take the phone away next.
Well, then, when I'm out, and you don't know where I am, good luck.
We are now, tonight, seeing her ace cards.
"I need the phone 'cause, otherwise, you won't know where I am.
" You want to end up overdosing from the crap? I don't really care if it happens.
That's why it makes it so much easier to (bleep) do it.
What she's really trying to do there is, "I want to freak you out so you'll back off of me," but when you allow your child to manipulate your rules, you lose.
I mean, she can stay in my closet all night, as long as she's okay.
The door is coming off, chels.
You can take my lock off, but I'm not leaving my (bleep) door off.
Door's coming off.
One way or another, that door will come off before tomorrow.
They need to start standing their ground with their daughter.
You're gonna let me in, and I'm gonna take this door off.
I don't care if the lock comes off, but I'm not having my whole entire door off.
Go get me a new handle without a lock, but my door is not coming off.
All right.
I'll do that.
Everyone has lost control.
This is a disaster.
That could have been done in, like, three minutes.
I feel like I need, like, nine of me And maybe we have a shot with this family.
You can choose to say yes to help.
Well, I don't want to say yes.
I loved doing drugs so (bleep) much.
Baby, I don't want that to be you.
Last night, Chelsea freaked out.
Frankly, that's to be expected.
What I'm more concerned about is how Deb and Daril reacted.
They need to start standing their ground with their daughter.
Last night, I was hearing some of the thingsv you were saying, some of the things going on.
You were being completely passive and a big pansy.
You were putting everything on your wife.
'Cause mom knows how to deal with her on a better scale, I think, than I do.
The man takes responsibility.
You are the man of the house, and you need to start acting like it.
This is insanely difficult, what she's doing.
It's not just a "try harder," you know, "quit doing it.
" I did not once hear, "honey, we're proud of you.
This must be so difficult for you.
" It's all about being tough and tender.
You gotta know when the right time is to be tough, stand your ground, and you gotta know when the right time is to be tender A little empathy.
Okay.
Here's what's gonna happen next.
I'm gonna give the two of you an address, and the two of you and Chelsea will meet me there.
I only have a few days with Chelsea.
I have my game plan, but this is not gonna be easy.
Hey, guys.
Hey.
Now Marge is obviously a tattoo artist, and so, Chelsea, I thought you could totally relate to her, as an artist yourself, and, Deborah and Daril, I assure you that you have a lesson to learn from Marge's story as well.
When I was 12 years old is when I started abusing substances.
I kept telling myself, "I'm just partying," until I started getting sick From not doing it.
I got married at 19, and with my first husband, we were hitting up heroin, we were doing morphine.
I had my my oldest child when I was 21.
His name's Jacob.
When I found out I was pregnant, I cleaned up for a while.
My son he was very happy.
He was fun.
He was joyful.
He'd always grab me, hug me, "I love you, mom.
" Didn't matter who was watching, but, uh, I loved doing drugs so (bleep) much, I was unavailable to him, and I had no idea what was going on in his life.
He didn't tell me about his doing drugs.
I didn't tell him about mine.
We didn't discuss it.
We didn't do it in front of each other.
So I turned my my blinders on.
I didn't see my son reaching out, you know? I-I didn't see how much trouble he was in, 'cause I'd have to look at myself, too.
What's Jake up to now? Jacob I'd love to introduce you to him.
Would you like to meet my son? This Is, uh, Jake.
This is, uh All I have left of him.
This is it.
I have that 'Cause I didn't pay attention to the warning signs.
So they brought him out on a cart, and, um He was in a body bag.
He had blood running out of his mouth, and into his hair, and he was cold And his eyes were open.
Baby, I don't want that to be you.
I needed tools, as strong as I was.
I was a biker.
I was a tattooist.
I was a professional.
I was a badass bitch.
I'm strong.
I don't need (bleep) nobody.
I couldn't do it by myself.
I'm not that strong.
It's so hard Without help But I'll help you.
I beg you, girl.
I get on my knees to you.
Life is so much better with a clear head.
What do you wish your parents would have done? What should Chelsea's parents do? I wish they would have researched.
I wish they would have understood.
I wish they would have went to counseling themselves and and tried to figure out what needed to be done.
I wished I would have done that with Jake.
I know she can do it, and I believe in her.
I always have, so we'll make it through this, but it's hearing people that know that there is a light at the end There is.
Yeah, and life.
There is.
That is what helps her, as well as me So thank you.
Thank you, babe.
I think her meeting her own mom could be a boost for her.
I don't want to lose her.
Chelsea could pull the plug on this.
Holy crap.
Here we go.
So here's what I want to talk to you about.
As you know, this is a life-or-death situation with your daughter.
I've been really trying to wrack my brain for, what is that thing that's going to break through the barriers of addiction? You know, when I first started working with Chelsea, I had no idea that her parents had so much information about her birth mom.
Once I realized that was the case, I thought there might be a chance that I could track her down, and I think that could be a key in getting through to her.
I think her meeting her own mom could be a boost for her.
You what? Meeting her biological mother.
I thought that I should track her down, and I would like for them to meet.
Where's that gonna put us to her in life - after this? - Great question.
No one can ever replace the two of you to Chelsea.
I don't want to lose her.
Yeah.
But I don't want her to die, either - No.
- You know? Exactly.
Listen, this is not you losing her.
This is you getting her back.
Are you okay with it? Okay.
All right.
Call this number, and see if they have any forwarding information for Sandra.
We had this full-on blitz, trying to find Chelsea's mom.
All right, so if we can get ahold of an aunt, a boyfriend I had members of my team, like, googling with me.
She's moved around.
I'm thinking address number seven's the latest.
She lives in Colorado.
I'm not getting any result.
I'm having trouble finding a phone number.
No, it is a 602 number in the Colorado.
How do you know her? How are you related to her? I-it's imperative that she gets back to me tonight if possible, please.
It's, like, I'm searching online, I'm looking on all these different web sites Then I found her Facebook page, and on that page, it said one of her aspirations was to meet her biological children, and I was like, "holy crap.
Here we go.
" I found Chelsea's grandmother.
What city or state is she in? Phoenix.
2-9-0-6.
Hi.
I'm looking for Sandra.
Thanks.
Hi.
Is this Sandra? Hey, Sandra.
My name is Josh Shipp, I work with teenagers, and I have information regarding your daughter Chelsea.
Okay.
Um, I am working with her, she is currently struggling Okay.
And I would like for you to meet you.
Is that something you would be interested in? Wonderful.
Whoo-hoo-hoo! I cannot believe what just happened.
She says yes, and then she drops that she's literally only in town for a week.
It's just unbelievable.
This was not something, uh, that was preconceived, I had set up, but this is a unique opportunity, you know, that I found Chelsea's birth mom.
Right now I'm headed to Chelsea's house.
I'm gonna pick her up, but I have the mom standing by.
She's excited, but I have to get Chelsea to agree to it.
Chelsea could pull the plug on this.
I've been wracking my brain about what the appropriate next step with you is, and I've just been thinking about The similarity that we share, of not necessarily knowing where we come from, and how that can lead to a lot of frustration and questions and feeling of abandonment, so I have an opportunity for you to meet your mom.
Would you be interested in meeting her? She's here.
Like, here here? She's here right now.
So would you like me to get her and meet her? I don't know.
It's a surprise.
I mean, like, I'm kind of nervous, but I've always, like, wanted to know about her Everything that's happened, or, like, why she had to give me up, and all that kind of stuff, but I'm excited.
It's something I've always wanted.
Chelsea, I'd like to introduce you to your biological mother.
Hi.
What's up? All right.
Wh-why don't we sit down? Sandra, why don't you sit over there? What a special moment right now.
Sandra, what would you like to say to your daughter? I just I've always loved you.
Yeah? Yeah.
And I've I've always thought about you and, you know, I wish things would've been very different.
You just saying that makes it feel a lot better, 'cause I just never knew that.
You know, I needed to, like, be told it by you.
I just didn't know why I was given up.
If I wasn't loved or No, it wasn't a matter of not Not loving you or not wanting you.
That was that was never, never an issue.
My parents and everything was very dysfunctional.
My mom was an alcoholic, and there was a lot of drama and and unfortunately, your dad was an addict.
He was also abusive, so He was out of the picture.
I was kind of on my own, and I wanted Very desperately, better for you.
I was feeling really low, because I felt like I had failed you guys.
Even though, in my head and in my heart, I knew that the decision is what was best, I still felt guilty, and that followed me for a long time.
I knew there was gonna be a day that I saw you guys.
Yeah.
I just I felt that in my heart.
And I just decided that You know, when that time came, I didn't want you guys to see me in that state.
Yeah.
I have pictures of you guys.
Awesome.
You guys are not like a kept, hidden secret.
It's never been that way.
We celebrate your birthdays silently every year.
That's cool.
I have your names tattooed.
- Where? - On my ankle.
Can I see it? Yeah.
Okay.
That's awesome.
There's some guilty feelings there.
A-again, you know, it goes back to going, "you know, would she have been any worse off had I kept her with me?" Um, I can tell you addiction and mental health problems definitely run on both sides with my family and your dad's.
Um, but Everybody has overcome it, every single person.
It's attainable.
You so can do it.
It feels good that I got to meet her.
It's like a relief that I know things now that I didn't know before that, like, I've kind of been struggling with for a long time, especially, like, the reason I got high was because of those feelings.
So, like, now I can, like, try and, like, work towards getting better.
- Can I give you my number? - Okay.
- All right.
- Yeah, if you want to.
- Yeah.
- Okay.
Bye.
I'm not gonna sit there and lie and be like, "yeah, I want it," - 'cause I don't.
" - I don't want to push you into this, But I don't want to see you die.
All right, so this is an important part of the process.
What I want to do right now I need to set up very delicately.
This time is not about dwelling on the past, but rather acknowledging the past so we understand what we're leaving behind.
And so right now, I want to show the three of you a video Of Chelsea for that very reason.
I think this could be incredibly motivating, for you to acknowledge where you've come from so that inspires you to move forward.
Okay? Just hit that space bar.
I shoot up, like, every, like A couple times within, like, every, like, an hour or two.
There we go.
You can see all the blood.
It was just it was just horrible, just to sit and watch.
I mean, it just validated all those fears.
My mom's definitely suspicious, though, 'cause earlier in the car, she was like, "oh, your arm looks really bad.
" And then outside, she's, "why are you so tired?" It hurts to know that I had no control.
You know, it just it makes me just feel so, you know, ashamed of myself for, you know, letting it get to this point.
I just don't I don't know what else to do.
What are you thinking when you watch that footage of your daughter? I feel as if I let you down.
And for that, I'm sorry.
I should've seen The signs a lot earlier.
I need to be accountable for all of my mistakes so that they won't happen again, 'cause you're my daughter, and I love you.
Daril, how's it feel to see that? I Little shocked there.
I Actually, a lot more than a little shocked, but Had no idea her addiction was this far along.
Chelsea, I'm just Truly sorry that Too naive Should've been more aware of this drug, but No matter what it takes, I'm gonna help you Stay clean.
What do you think of that person? I remember my best friend, the one that died, I remember, like, when I wasn't bad into it, and I saw her, I just felt so bad for her.
And, like, the whole time I was watching that, like, that's what I saw.
You felt bad for that person.
Yeah.
For yourself.
Yeah.
What would you say to that person? Stop.
I don't know.
What I want to do right now is present to you an opportunity and see if you want to take that step.
It's an opportunity to attend copper canyon academy.
Their goal is not just get you off the drugs, but beyond that, help you turn your life around, help you have a life worth living.
It's in Arizona.
- You stay there? - You stay there.
For how long? For up to a year.
Previously, she'd gone to rehab, I don't know, 30 days.
You know, she's gonna get a full year.
So she's really going to have a real shot at this.
I don't know.
You trusted him this far, chels.
Yeah, but I don't know, man.
You want to be challenged academically? You want to be sober? Yeah, but I've, like, been being honest and saying that I don't even know if that's 100% what I want.
Like, I want to get sober, but I don't know if I'm willing to put in all the work.
- A year? Like, I just - And so what if you stayed there a year? I'm not for it.
Not at all.
What if you had 20 bucks, and I asked you if I could borrow a dime? Would you give me a dime? - A dime out of 20 bucks? - Mm-hmm.
- Yeah.
- There you go.
Same thing right here.
You have your entire life ahead of you, and I'm asking you to invest a dime.
Well, do I get to make the decision, or do you they get to make the decision? Because if they get to make it, then I already know I'm going.
So Well, the truth is, you are a minor.
So they can make that decision.
Awesome.
However, right now, you have a window of opportunity to take control of your life, possibly for the first time.
Well, my answer's no.
Like, I don't want it.
I don't want to go.
That's not what I want at all.
But nothing's worked.
You just saw.
Daril and I made this decision to do whatever it took to help her.
Will you take the help? Chelsea, you need to stay.
Chels.
I'm not staying right now, okay? I don't want to push you into this, but I don't want to see you die.
That's the God-honest truth.
You can choose to say yes to help.
Well, I don't want to say yes.
I'm not gonna sit there and lie and be like, "yeah, I want it," 'cause I don't.
What do you think is stopping you from taking the help? I just don't want to go somewhere else and, like, be gone for a long time.
Like, already going for, like, a month, like, is enough for me.
But it's not enough for you.
And, like, I know that, 'cause, like, each time that my parents made me go to other ones, I told them, "when I get out, I'm getting high.
" The next day, guess what I did.
I got high.
So that's exactly what's gonna happen in this situation, because I'm not choosing to go, and I know that it's gonna end up happening.
The opportunity of this long-term treatment scares her even more 'cause it's just unknown.
But I think this is what it's gonna take to help her get past this.
This is what your parents want.
At this point, you no longer have an option.
Grab my hand.
Walk with me.
Let's go.
Chelsea, please stand up.
Let's go.
Right now.
Let's go.
I'll carry these.
Don't touch me, okay? It's like my whole freakin' plan, everything, is to push her towards this moment where all she has to say is one little word, "yes" And I feel like I lost.
Sometimes change is messy as hell.
You know, these parents have been through so much.
This girl's gone to rehab three times.
This will be the fourth time.
Maybe this will be the time that sticks.
Maybe it won't.
But this is just a small little fraction of her life.
I know it's the right thing.
I know that it could help me, but if I don't choose something for myself, like, it's not gonna work.
And by, like, other people making me do it, like, it makes me want to, like, get back at them for it so I can do what I want.
That's why I I'm saying right now, I'm gonna get high when I get out.