When addiction surrounds everything, even the good moments feel borrowed Down in a Hole – Alice In Chains (1996, Live at MTV Unplugged) By April 1996, Alice In Chains had been off the road for nearly three years. Layne Staley was in a struggle most fans only saw in glimpses of him visibly thin, wearing fingerless gloves, and locked in a cycle of heroin addiction that had grown over time. This wasn’t surface‑level rockstar substance use. It had changed how he moved, how he sang, and how he showed