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he came out of the hospital he wanted to write an album based on his experiences . He had a pool house and he would talk about the characters in the sanitarium . A total confession , sober , but not fully armed to fight them and he came into contact with cocaine . He thought he quit drinking so it was okay , he could do a little , but he wound up losing 20 lbs and sunk into an abyss worse than the drinking .
They had a little girl and his wife was not so focused until it spiraled out of control . She was raising his daughter , but was powerless , so she begun divorce proceedings and moved to Chicago . He blamed it all on his success , on Alice , and on himself . He was up for three days with a rock the size of a baseball and a gun , with his wife Sheryl ’ s dresses all around the windows so no one could look in and see what he had turned into . His eyes were bleeding . He had that one second of “ what sanity are you living in ?”. He flushed the rock down the toilet , went to bed , and slept for 14 hours . When he woke up , the sun was shining and he decided that he was going to either die right there or live . His parents picked him up and he went back to Phoenix , to start all over . His condition was bad . His parents fasted and prayed …
When he got out of the hospital , he called his wife , saying it was over , it was done and he had no more craving for drugs and alcohol . His wife said they would need counseling . God saved him . Vince did not know if he could become that Alice character again … After 5 years away he played Halloween on MTV in his hometown of Detroit , and he was terrified , not knowing if he could , since he never played him straight . As soon as the band started , he finally figured out that character did not want to live in his world , he only wanted to be onstage , he didn ’ t want to be married or play golf , he just wanted to perform .. Alice could live as Alice , but now with a healthy Vincent ! :
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