Alcohol and drug addiction

Alcohol and drug addiction is identified in the book as one aspect of Dolours Price’s later-life difficulties. The account places it alongside post-traumatic stress and a period of painful introspection, but gives little specific information about the addiction itself.

Place in Price’s Later Life

The book’s index records alcohol and drug addiction in connection with two passages, while separately pointing to discussions of Price’s post-traumatic stress, moral injury, and efforts to set matters straight. Together, these references locate the addiction within a wider account of the personal consequences of her past, without establishing that any one of those difficulties caused another.

Limits of the Account

The available account does not identify particular substances, describe when the addiction began, or give details of its effects, treatment, or resolution. It therefore establishes the presence of alcohol and drug addiction in Price’s story without supplying enough information to reconstruct its progression or explain its relationship to other events in her life.