On Sobriety

Sobriety, we learn, will not cure duplicity, loneliness or the tendency of human beings to do and say things that may not be in their interest (...) “The program is perfect,” Mr. Guirgis said in a phone interview. “The people in it? Not so much. It is full of complicated people who get a 24-hour reprieve from their disease.”

David Carr: Wrestling With Recovery Is No Fairy Tale.
The New York Times, 29 June 20