A longtime bartender's fury at nearly everyone, from NYC health inspectors to an intrusive and homophobic landlady, recollected in tranquility and conveyed with measured energy and often at breakneck speed, delivers not bitterness but symphonic tension and release – and laughs galore.
Read More »Tag Archives: alcoholism
Five Signs You’re Drinking Too Much
Most people feel they have more control over themselves than they actually do. If you’re dealing with a drinking problem, your brain will have a tendency to tell you that you can dig your way out at any point. Unfortunately, that simply isn’t true.
Read More »Interview: Motivational Speaker Allan McDougall, Author of ‘Breaking Through: Discovering the Riches Within’
"I'm very leery of people saying, 'We're sending them to rehab and in 30 days, they'll be fine.' That's setting them up to fail."
Read More »Book Review: ‘Breaking Through: Discovering the Riches Within’ by Allan McDougall
The triumphant message in 'Breaking Through' transcends the author's own battle of overcoming addiction and can motivate readers needing to turn their own ship's course.
Read More »The Book and the Film: The 70th Anniversary of Charles R. Jackson’s ‘The Lost Weekend’
The seminal addiction study in American literature and "the Uncle Tom’s Cabin of alcoholism" turns 70.
Read More »Theater Review (LA): ‘A Steady Rain’ by Keith Huff
The Broadway hit makes its Los Angeles debut in an excellent production at the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble.
Read More »Theater Review (LA): ‘Derby Day’ at the Elephant Theatre
Samuel Brett Williams' lacerating dark comedy makes its Los Angeles debut at the Elephant Theatre in Hollywood.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘The Gin Baby’ by Sarah Shaefer
This indulgent glance into alcoholism, depression and all-around self-hatred is a sad story, but a familiar one.
Read More »Book Review: ‘The Trip to Echo Spring: On Writers and Drinking’ by Olivia Laing
Olivia Laing travels America in search of the effects of alcohol on six great authors.
Read More »TV Review: Desperate Housewives – “Witch’s Lament”
This week, Desperate Housewives look for a body, worry over children, defend a family, and fall in love.
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