Unraveling Darkness: How Kyle Kouri’s The Problem Drinker Reveals the Hidden Struggles Behind Addiction
I’m not sure whether I gravitated to the beauty of the scene because of the clarity with which Leede describes her isolation when Kouri is passed out after his whiskey or because, problem drinker though Kouri is, he still maintains the love for Leede, the desire to protect her, to rein his drinking in and honor her. After a hundred pages of wondering whether Kouri was indeed that asshole — albeit one I had developed empathy for — I get to see him act on love. Wow.
The second salvation is in Kouri’s writing. When I, someone physiologically prevented from using excessive amounts of alcohol, still wondered, on page 64, what kind of redemptive arc might lie in wait, I read:
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