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In an interview with ''Vice'' Magazine[https://www.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/pgq8bg/nine-inch-nails-cargo-in-the-blood-interview], Mills explained the relationship between [[Trent Reznor]]'s and his second-hand experience with addiction and how that informed the art for ''Hesitation Marks''/''Cargo In The Blood'':
<blockquote>Vice: '''How did your (and Trent Reznor’s) proximity to addiction influence ''Cargo In The Blood''?'''<br>Mills: "Greatly. The title gives it away. The works are generally about the conjoined themes of chaos and order, and control and surrender, relating to and reflecting on the traumas that both Trent and I have experienced in our lives, traumas that will inevitably continue to shape our lives.
Trent had battled with alcohol and drugs at first hand, had damaged himself and caused great distress to those around him; that’s the nature and pattern of an addiction. I’d lived with a chronic alcoholic wife for over four years, which meant being a psychological (and occasionally a physical) punching bag. While trying to be a carer I was also trying to protect my son—who was just eight when this vortex of pain and disruption exploded - from her worst excesses.