Drunkard Hard Drinking Life By Neil Steinberg - 1539 Words

The book I read for this assignment was Drunkard: Hard Drinking Life, by Neil Steinberg. This book really surprised me in the way it lays out Steinberg’s journey facing his alcohol addiction. It takes a lot of courage for someone to admit that he or she has a substance abuse problem yet alone publish a book about it. Steinberg gives us in depth looks into his personal life, career, and thought process. It is also captivating to see a successful writer with a family and great career battle alcohol use. Steinberg from an outside perspective is your typical middle to upper class columnist working for a reputable newspaper. He lives in a nice house with his wife and two boys. It is the American dream to be able to live in a nice house, have a family, and work your dream job. He commutes to work on a train into the city which is filled with bars, fancy restaurants, and liquor stores. At first he has a few drinks after work, which seems normal. He is just waiting for the train to ar rive and then has a few more on the train. That doesn’t really raise any red flags at first. It just seems like a normal career orientated guy having a few drinks after work. Then as the drinking starts it doesn’t stop with just a few drinks. It continues with him drinking out of hidden bottles in his office at home. The drinking didn’t affect his work but it was starting to affect his relationship with his wife. The relationship between Steinberg and his wife at first seemed healthy, just a like a