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 ...