Complex sentence: After sobering up, he sought an annulment, but it took 18 months to unwind the legal tangle and a tour in Europe to stave off arrest for nonpayment of alimony.
Split into simpler sentences: After sobering up, he sought an annulment. It took 18 months to unwind the legal tangle and a tour in Europe to stave off arrest for nonpayment of alimony.