pgronk at 2014-07-03 08:57:28:

My favorite scene of all time that tells it like it is in terms of the warped and warp speed thinking of drug addiction, 'Rent Boy' Renton's "Choose Life" V.O. in Trainspotting: "Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television, choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol, and dental insurance. Choose fixed interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisurewear and matching luggage. Choose a three-piece suit on hire purchase in a range of fucking fabrics. Choose DIY and wondering who the fuck you are on Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pissing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked up brats you spawned to replace yourselves. Choose your future. Choose life... But why would I want to do a thing like that? I chose not to choose life. I chose somethin' else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you've got heroin?"

F Horgan at 2014-07-03 13:07:06:

The arc from passive to emotive in so few words is impressive here. The 'wetting the bed' section, had you not read the script beforehand, would really hit as a moment that this person isn't really going to shrug this off. Immediate honesty from denial.

Scott at 2014-07-03 13:29:40:

Great observation, F Horgan. It's after Kate mentions those very words that she tears up. It's a turning point, confessing something about which she feels embarrassment, even shame in a public setting, making real a condition she has presumably been able to wave away as an illusion for years... until right now. Again the value of specificity: "wetting the bed" provides a distinct image to drive home the point of the monologue.