I'd rather dig a ditch than go to a dinner party with people I don't know.

Waiting to be 'better' is the wrong approach. It's learning to live with it.

Political correctness is a minefield

I sighed. "What is life but fleeting moments of happiness strung together on necklace of despair?

You've recognised a fundamental feature of an addict's life. Maintaining your habit is so important you've no real interest in anything else.

You will go on and meet someone else and I'll just be a chapter in your tale, but for me, you were, you are and you always will be, the whole story.

I like hoodies. They just make me feel safe.