Sobriety, sobriety, sobriety…

They thought forcing him to write would teach him sobriety, and yet so many writers are alcoholics.

Indianapolis Star - Oct 23, 1933

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Posted By: Alex - Sun Apr 08, 2018
Category: Crime | Writers | 1930s

Comments

So, an assistant D.A. has to teach him to read and write, and then someone has to count to make sure he writes "sobriety" 1,000 times, every day for one year. Kind of makes me wonder who is actually being punished.

Posted by Fritz G on 04/08/18 at 07:19 AM

Your tax dollars at work.

Posted by Joshua Zev Levin, Ph.D. on 04/08/18 at 08:41 AM

Fritz, that would be sufficient to drive me to drink, hic. 😛

Posted by John on 04/09/18 at 10:47 AM

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