The feeling of dread you still sense when drowning your sorrows in hard liquor , still does,nt erase the pain of the awful realization that your investment
shares have been rendered worthless , by a
mountain of toxic debt .

Someone who is possessed by clout chasing. The original human is now gone and a demonic entity that feeds on clout is all that is left. An empty shell with no control of their actions, forced to blindly react to situations they think will bring them attention.