A Long Night's Journey into Day: A Psychobiography of Eugene O'Neill's Recovery from Alcoholism

In this inspired analysis of the life and sufferings of Eugene O’Neill, Geoffrey Thompson shows how addiction and recovery are fundamentally about the stories we live by and the communities we live in. For Thompson, O’Neill’s struggle for redemption challenges our conventional understandings of addiction and dramatically illustrates the need to consider how addicts confront existential issues in their efforts to find meaning and live meaningful lives in society, even as they often fail. This engaging and scholarly book is a must-read for therapists and counselors who have worked with addicts and for anybody interested in the role of addiction in human life. Dan P. McAdams, Ph.D. Author of The Redemptive Self: Stories Americans Live By