Mark Phillips' Pages: Collections: Addiction: "I'd sit on the rocks with a half-pint of Hot Damn, praying to God..."

Jacob Lawrence, "The Party," 1935 — Jacob Lawrence, *The Party* (1935)

"I'd sit on the rocks with a half-pint of Hot Damn, praying to God, 'Please don't let me pass out here, please don't let me pass out here,' while the cold dark waves crashed around my feet..."