And he's paid less than minimum wage, so he has to sell his Ferrari and walk to work. There being no generous churches with feeding programs, he is even reduced to sneaking his snorting client's leftover pig pods. I've never eaten pig pods, but I imagine there aren't too many interesting recipes. Pig pod au gratin, pig pods in a blanket, pig pod fricassee - sounds like the cabbage soup diet to me. That's when he comes to himself.
People bottom out at different places.
For some it only takes a close call. Others have to get right down to ground zero in the how wallow. But there is that moment of truth when you get honest with yourself and realize something's got to change and mainly what's got to change is you. Your drinking is out of control. Your marriage is going down the tubes.