Book excerpt: Just Call Me Jack is the fi rst volume, in a series of works outlining the authors perceptions and experiences, of working life and the world around him. The chronicle begins in Caerphilly S. Wales in 1981 and ends in Alicante Spain in 2007. Throughout the course of his development the writer was affl icted by his obsession with alcohol and drugs and plagued by the consequences of his excesses; Just Call Me Jack is the tale of the highs and lows of his journey.