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Reply Sun 2 Oct, 2005 02:11 pm
He felt invincibly sober, as if life from now on held no alternative.

What does 'on held' mean?

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Reply Sun 2 Oct, 2005 03:55 pm
The words "from now on" go together (from this point forward).

The rest means he's feeling so in control that it will stay that way in the future! There is no other choice....
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