From Multimillionaire to Multimillionaire in Debt

Once, when I was worth tens of millions, I was surrounded by relatives and friends. I did everything I could to meet their demands. Now, as a tens-of-millions-in-debt wreck, all those relatives and friends have left me behind: old friends, family, relatives, fair-weather friends, drinking buddies.

Going through it all was a torment, but it taught me to see through things and understand them.