Bits of the story spill out without punctuation. Is that a deliberate choice? A sort of “stream of consciousness” sort of thing? If so, I think it works with the story. His dream took me by surprise, and I liked it a lot.
Bizarre. So, he didn’t make it to the conference? Very strange in terms of the flow of the story, but it’s well written to convey the heady and intoxicating effects of alcohol, pills, and lust.