In case you wondered …

… “The Writer and Addiction”: The relationship between literature and alcoholism – Catholic World Report.

Roger Forseth, who died in 2016 at age 89, made the connection between literature and alcoholism his specialty. An English professor at the University of Wisconsin-Superior from 1964 until his retirement in 1991 (though he continued teaching there part-time until 2014), he founded and was the first editor of the provocatively titled Dionysos: The Literature and Addiction Triquarterly, which flourished from 1990 to 2000 and is still available online. Alcoholite at the Altar: The Writer and Addiction is a collection of his writings on the subject of writing and addiction.