Opening the Door to Sobriety

Dr. Ken Craycraft will release a new book titled Staying Sober One Story at a Time: Seeking Sobriety Through the Lens of Literature in early October through Scepter Publishers.

The book uses four novels, including The Lost Weekend by Charles Jackson, Under the Volcano by Malcolm Lowry, Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh, and The Edge of Sadness by Edward O’Connor, to examine the causes of alcoholism through the lives of fictional characters.

Craycraft connects recovery from addiction to the development of moral habits and virtue. He identifies prudence as the essential ordering virtue that allows a person to apply other virtues correctly during moments of crisis.