the situation degenerates again alcohol hits the bloodstream overwhelmed by the desire to feed the desire inebriation numbs the brain nothing changes nothing improves empty bottles and empty days the captive is pulled deeper into an aimless maze wasted time passes as the walls of the vice close in dying internal organs no longer function judgement impaired direction lost trapped in a repeating process wasted time passes as the walls of the vice close in dying internal organs no longer function judgement impaired direction lost trapped in a repeating process the painkiller takes a life the painkiller takes a life the painkiller takes a life the painkiller takes a life