The man was so deep in the hole that he doesn’t remember writing an entire novel, and you seem to be implying he should be grateful for that period in his life?
I think the point was more that it facilitated the period of his life he is in now.
But also, how long it took matters. If he did it all in a weekend and that’s what he forgot on one bender, that’s completely different than not remembering like, a whole year of your life.
The man was so deep in the hole that he doesn’t remember writing an entire novel, and you seem to be implying he should be grateful for that period in his life?
I think the point was more that it facilitated the period of his life he is in now.
But also, how long it took matters. If he did it all in a weekend and that’s what he forgot on one bender, that’s completely different than not remembering like, a whole year of your life.