There is nothing worse than a man in the throws of an ether bender.
My genes, my love, are rubber bands and rope; make yourself a structure you can live inside. Amen. " — Aimee Bender (Willful Creatures: Stories)
I related to his disillusionment. Thinking that he was going for this big dream. Then he kind of saw through it all at one point and went back home. Then he started a bender, which I can relate to of course.