About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment

Donald W. Goodwin, MD, suggests a possible link between alcoholism and writing talent in his article "The Alcoholism of F. Scott Fitzgerald," published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. "Of the seven Americans who were awarded the Nobel Prize for literature," Dr. Goodwin notes, "four, according to their biographers, were alcoholics and a fifth drank heavily. If we compile a list of well-known American writers of the past century, quite possibly one-third to one-half could be considered alcoholic."