Bitten on the job, Laurence is left to readjust to living as one of the drinkers he has always hunted. In order to be declared a stable citizen-and get back to work-he must attend a series of court-mandated sessions with a psychiatrist specializing in newly-turned drinkers. The worst part of being a drinker, besides adjusting to life without sunlight, is that it"s mostly doctors and red tape and tedium-right up until it isn"t.