I'm in a prison of my own design. My life has many parallels with the movie 'Misery', but I willfully walked in to it many years ago and for one bad decision after another, I've been stuck in a personal hell ever since. A few years ago– against my better judgment– I had a way out that I turned down, and I don't think I'll see an opportunity of that calibre again, or at least not for a long time.

Advice: when someone tells you who they are the first time, believe them.