Desmond woke up the next morning to the rays of the sun coming in through his bedroom window. The light hitting him in the face had him turning over in his bed before sitting up. There was an ache in his head from the night before. The alcohol he had consumed after six months of going without left a pounding headache. While he rubbed the sleep from his eyes, he made a promise to himself that he wouldn’t be drinking again for a while.

After a stretch, he settled with the ...