as hes positive in this hallucinogenic drunken state that the kind ol doc is right , that his brain is literally dissolving in a pool of alcohol , into the stew the anxiety of marriage is thrown , along with his impending fatherhood , and it makes for one of the worst intoxications of his life , not to mention a miserable hangover that stretches the next day and a half : in a career built on such shenanigans , its one of the few times he actually called off .