Staying Sober One Story at a Time: Seeking Sobriety Through the Lens of Literature

What do a struggling New York writer, a failed British diplomat, a disillusioned aristocrat, and a weary Catholic priest have in common? Each reveals, in his own way, the brutal cost of addiction— and possible paths toward recovery.

Ascetic theology meets literary fiction in this exploration of alcoholism and sobriety through the lens of four twentieth-century novels. Through the manipulative self-destruction of Don Birnam (The Lost Weekend), the tragic descent of Geoffrey Firmin (Under the ...