In the book, Nairn discusses a period of his life where he fell for an aloof addict whose heavy drug use lured Nairn into abusing narcotics as well: 'I'm snorting so much coke that when I lift my head off the pillow, usually past midday, it's still encrusted into the cotton like cardboard,' he writes at one point. He used amphetamines and cocaine to get through all-night DJ sets, ecstasy to enhance the club experience, and codeine to ease the jitters from the other drugs, while also drinking heavily: On one night, he recalls consuming 'as many as thirty' Red Bull and vodka cocktails.
Nairn saw his physical and mental health were deteriorating, along with his professional life. After a catastrophic ketamine experience, he retreated to a bungalow at the foot of Ireland's Mourne Mountains and played WoW 'from dawn till dusk' while detoxing from the drugs.
Nairn's book gets specific about his tastes in World of Warcraft roles: why he always chooses non-human characters ('who the hell wants to plug in and look like an accountant?') and DPS types (because he secretly wants to 'hit out at the world'), and addresses what he gets from gaming in terms of escapism.
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