HIS MYSTERIOUS WAYS
By the summer of 1977, my heavy drinking had taken its toll. I was alone, and the only creature in the world that I cared about was my Burmese cat, Chocolate Mousse. One July day I had locked myself out of my apartment. The neighbor who helped me get in not only dried my boozy tears, but went on to tell me how his own life as an alcoholic had been filled with such blunders, and tragedy as well. When he finished, I agreed to go with him on Saturday to get help. By Friday night, though, I had decided not to go. As I sat down for a typical evening of bourbon and TV, I began to watch the film Days of Wine and Roses, the story of a marriage between alcoholics, played by Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick. In one scene, Jack Klugman, who plays a recovering alcoholic, told Lemmon what would happen if he kept drinking. Klugman slammed…
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