I'd never had such a strong stuff before and it was really making me lose awareness and control of myself.

The most drink of my intoxication was wine and I easily got intoxicated.

Whatever they had given me to sniff and swallow were just foreign to my system. I was feeling no pain but I was feeling like I'd just gulped six — or maybe eight — bottles of 1945 Pinot Noir.

What little strength I had in me, I had walked like a drunk person to the counter and booked a room, used the elevator and ...