Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.
I got sober. I stopped killing myself with alcohol. I began to think: 'Wait a minute - if I can stop doing this, what are the possibilities?' And slowly it dawned on me that it was maybe worth the risk.
If it isn't the sheriff, it's the finance company; I've got more attachments on me than a vacuum cleaner.