"In spite of this most recent success with my disco television show, my life was still full of confusion and hopelessness..."

"Oh, I seemed happy on the outside. But deep down I was completely empty..."

" I stayed high almost the entire day, listening to the hundreds of records people sent me..."

"I stayed out all night in bars. It wasn’t enough to close a bar at four a.m. I found all the after-hours clubs that featured fast women, gambling, and drugs. Most days I walked out to my car at ten a.m. When other people were already at work for the day, I was just going home..."

" I was on my way, for sure. But on my way to where?"

" Was I headed in the same direction I’d traveled before? I didn’t stop to consider such questions. If I had, I might have been prepared for the problems that were on the way..."

"But some people just can’t learn the easy way..."