Why did Ernest Hemingway drink heavily?

Perhaps for the same reasons lots of people drink heavily. Alcohol is used as a coping strategy by many people and, unfortunately, alcohol is addictive. read more

In “Three Day Blow,” Nick Adams nurses his heartache with a bottle of “whiskey” (by which Hemingway probably meant scotch); G&Ts are Thomas Hudson’s go-to in Islands in the Stream; and in Green Hills of Africa, Hemingway is seldom without a gimlet, even carting around a bottle of Rose’s lime juice, since fresh limes were elusive on safari. read more

You may have heard: Ernest Hemingway enjoyed a tipple or two. In fact, the iconic writer liked his drink so much that another writer, Philip Greene, was inspired to pen To Have and Have Another, a book about Hemingway’s drinking habits and the libations that wove their way into his works. read more