Just before we taped I was walking past the Women's bathroom when a harried Dana came busting out the door. She apologized wildly for a collision that was no one's fault. I took her arm and held her fast. Wipe your nose. In less than ten minutes she was in front of the camera telling everyone she was clean and sober.
Kid actors lie.
In their youth they make a living out of lying about their feelings and speaking other people's words. Lauren Chapin and I, two addicts with long experience, looked at Dana and Adam with a profound sadness. We had been there, too. It was not a pleasant show. I shouldn't have done it.