I Did It Without Looking: A Blind Man's Recovery from Addiction

"I am blind, and I'm an alcoholic," says Michael W. Moran in his introduction. There was no cure for the congenital glaucoma that caused his blindness, but thanks to a 12–step program and lots of help from others, he put down the drinks and drugs in 1982.

Now, 42 years later, he's put together this heartfelt narrative of the main events of his life. The often shocking negatives include the abuse that he and his classmates endured at a Catholic school for the blind, when and how he was intro...