"People think it's all about misery and desperation and death and all that shite, which is not to be ignored. But what…"

"Relinquishing junk, stage one: preparation. For this you will need: one room which you will not leave. Soothing music…"

"I don't feel the sickness yet, but it's in the post. That's for sure. I'm in the junkie limbo at the moment. Too ill …"

"The downside of coming off junk was I knew I would need to mix with my friends again in a state of full consciousness…"

"One thousand years from now, there won't be any guys and there won't be any girls, just wankers. Sounds all right to me."

"It looks easy this, but it's not. Looks like a doss, like a soft option. But living like this, it's a full-time busin…"

"Our only response was to keep on going and fuck everything. Pile misery upon misery, heap it up on a spoon and dissol…"

"Since I was on remand, they've had me on this programme. The state-sponsored addiction. Three sickly sweet doses of m…"

"This seems however I really am the luckiest guy in the world. Several years of addiction, right in the middle of an e…"

"[opening narration] Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television. Cho…"