The Unsolved Mysteries of Anthony Bourdain's Big Life

So just when you think friendship or wealth or a family or influence was your ultimate destination, you hang out there for a while and the place starts to dim. What once held your fascination—even, for a time, seemed like it was your reason to live—doesn’t “do it” for you anymore. You won’t admit it to yourself for a long while. After all, you sent

AFTER HE LEFT THE HOSPITAL, WILLIAM LIVED THE WAY HE imagined drunks did after they stopped drinking: carefully, and one day at a time.