Alcohol was the price we paid to pretend that we could feel wonder, when something broken inside of ourselves couldn’t grapple with the fullness of that reality with a clear head and a complete heart.
Tag: Ed S.
Radical Sobriety: Getting (and Staying) Clean and Sober as Subversive Activity
Alcoholism has medical, economic, and social implications, none of which actually serve any kind of bohemian or utopian yearning, but deceive the sufferer into believing that they do.
Academics and Alcoholism
Academics too often share a simultaneous denial and pride in their alcoholism, and the profession does little to dissuade such a sentiment, even with all the attendant problems it brings, preferring to interpret self-medication as mere collegiality. I’ve heard it repeated as a recovery truism that nobody is too dumb to stop drinking, but plenty… Continue reading Academics and Alcoholism