“Most deal with drinking and every shit decision that hurt Lily. Even though we’re together now, every day that goes by I regret not being the man she needed. Not being able to help my best friend. Days and nights fogged by booze. Drinking. Drinking. Dying. I regret how long it took for me to wake up. I’m awake now. I can’t forget how the haze is gone. I’m awake. I’m alive. Slowly, painfully, I walk back towards his hospital bed. I pull out another chair. I sit there. And I watch my father die.”