its sappy and cloying even in the hands of skilled writers with literary talent, as evidence by countless terrible movies about drunks.

also are they supposed to be working towards a point where he renounces drinking as a babyface act? alcoholics go into recovery by being completely sober. is he gonna do a teetotaler gimmick and get cheered for the exact opposite thing he originally got over with?

i just dont understand the need to needlessly jump into the deep end of creative writing without ever having taken a swim class.