Wonderful

"The mental fog that had clouded Jim's mind for weeks, months, even years, drained away. A thick greasy slurry of alcohol, mania, depression, obsession, and the residue of a well funded coke habit, draining away like stagnant water through an open sluice, and Jim knew what he had to do. He had to kill himself."

My slightly... different... take on the classic Christmas story, "It's a Wonderful Life."