User blog comment:Raidra/Creepypasta Nightmares/@comment-4849011-20141111131739/@comment-4849011-20141111134242

Hm. For some reason it didn't post it as a reply to you, and it cut off part of it. Here's the rest of the draft so far.

The aversion therapy helped cement Van’s determination to get and stay clean. He looked forward to this new chapter in his life, but he also knew there’d be challenges. He was already feeling the physical and psychological effects of the withdrawal. He had been experiencing insomnia as a result of his anxiousness. Recently he had spent many nights watching tapes and DVDs of his old games. He’d stretch out on his bed and stare as though entranced at the images of his former self – images which now seemed like shadows. In addition he had been experiencing vivid dreams lately. He didn’t know if they were due to the anxiety as well or to residual effects of the medication. [I'm thinking of adding more to this] He reflected for a while before finally drifting off.

Sometime later his mind regained consciousness. He could see a younger version of himself sitting on a bed in what appeared to be a small clinic. He recognized the scene from the previous times he had experienced this nightmare, but he could do nothing to stop it. He might as well have been tied to a chair with his eyes propped open.