There is always a focal point, large or small, in the life of an addict that leads to breaking the viscous cycle. In Sonny's life, it was being sent to prison that made him feel remorse that pushed him to the end of a dark tunnel. He had hit rock bottom. Even when an addict hits rock bottom and realizes his or her mental instability, climbing back up from rock bottom is extremely difficult. Sonny objectifies his addiction into a “stink” by saying, “And I smelled it, you know? My stink, and I thought I would die if I could never get rid of it, and yet I still knew that everything I was doing was locking me into it. Sonny is describing the dilemma that all addicts face: wanting to quit, but not having control, not being able to, being trapped and feeling like there's no way out... But even after all the suffering, the soul searching, the agonizing days of withdrawal, the constant emptiness that is eventually resolved, the addiction never ends and "Sonny's Blues" shows the dark truth behind the happy ending of Sonny's recovery. Even though I am a recovered addict, I still have the constant fear of one day returning to my old habits. It's a fear that accompanies me every day, a thought that always lingers over my shoulders. The same fear that Sonny admits to his brother. “It can happen again, I just wanted you to know,” he says, warning his brother that he could lose infinity again