As kids we often wondered if monsters existed. We would look under our bed to be sure there wasn’t one hiding there. Well, a monster does exist and it is often kept hidden. That monster is addiction.

That’s how Hunter Thompson described it. Thompson was a writer for Rolling Stone magazine. He had a wonderful job and all the opportunities a person could ask for. The problem was that he was addicted to drugs and alcohol for most of his life. He committed suicide in 2005. Shortly after his death, his first wife Sandy said:

“I will never forget something Hunter once said to me. In one of his tender moments I asked him if he knew when he was about to become The Monster. He said, ‘Sandy, it’s like this. I sense it first, and before I have completely turned around he is there. He is me’” (Sondi…