[ He shrugs. ]

True. But after about four years of moping and self-destruction, you really get very tired of yourself and your own self-pity. When I came to the crossroads of either joining or keeping on as I had been, the prospect of carrying on as before was so soul-crushingly boring that I simply couldn't.

[ It's a fraction of the truth - the most comfortable part of it. By gives a small wave. ]

What's your recruitment story?