“I’m sorry I didn’t tell you before. It wasn’t always this bad. I was in recovery for a long time but . . .” He turns away from me and rubs a hand over his face. “I haven’t told anyone this. I haven’t even wanted to admit it to myself. It was just small stuff at first but . . . I think I may be having a bit of a . . . relapse.” A bit of a relapse. How very like Jack to minimize his own problems.

