I'm Glad My Mom Died

After seeing Laura for a month, Jennette feels worse than ever about her life. Steven is working out of town, and she has had to confront the extent of her issues. She drinks nine shots of liquor a night, purges up to 10 times a day, and is suffocating under the weight of the grief for her mother. Now, Laura and Jennette have started to work on how to change things moving forward. They have identified many of Jennette’s triggers that drive her to engage in her unhealthy behaviors, such as red-carpet events.

Tonight, Jennette is at a teen award show, and Laura is accompanying her. They have agreed that she will join Jennette at these kinds of events for the next few months in order to provide support. After Jennette announces an award on stage, she has a panic attack over not throwing up all day. She sees the buffet table and feels unable to resist eating cheeseburger sliders. Overwhelmed at the thought of seeking out Laura, she eats the sliders. Laura finds her and sees that Jennette is upset, so they leave. Jennette sobs in the car about eating the sliders, and Laura tells her that this is what recovery looks like.