Shame was an emotion he had abandoned years earlier. Addicts know no shame. You disgrace yourself so many times you become immune to it.
Four rehabs meant a fifth was somewhere down the road.
When witnesses concoct lies, they often miss the obvious.
If you're gonna be stupid you gotta be tough.
He'd had his career, his triumphs. Success had brought him nothing but misery; he couldn't handle it. Success had thrown him in the gutter
