I had got up in the morning and, by the time I was ready for bed it was a different planet—the world doesn’t change in front of your eyes; it changes… - Terry Hayes

Like the old virologist had said—sooner or later we all sit down to a banquet of consequences.

By this stage I had switched my patronage to AA—as Tolstoy might have said, drug addicts are all alike whereas every alcoholic is crazy in his own way. This led to far more interesting meetings and I had decided that if you were going to spend your life on the wagon, you might as well be entertained.

Not all death warrants are signed by judges or governors. This one was a prenup agreement.