In addition to deadening his pain, maybe all the booze Reese had been consuming had finally pickled his brain.
Why else would he suddenly be hallucinating a large brown rabbit named Harold? A rabbit wearing a vest and glasses, who was chastising John about his recent life choices.
Maybe it was time for Reese to cut back on his drinking - if only to shut the bunny up
for my trope-bingo square au-supernatural
(inspired by the movie Harvey)