the film was based on a novel of the same title:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Weekend_%28novel%29
by Charles R. Jackson about a writer who drinks heavily out of frustration over the accusation that he had an affair with one of his buddies while in college . The reference to the gay affair is removed in the film, and the main character's descent into an alcoholic binge is blamed on writer's block.
The lush also has a brother who is trying to help them abstain from alcohol, also lying and giving excuse for their alcoholic habit.
This seems to have a some parallels to the film: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Weekend
the film was based on a novel of the same title: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Weekend_%28novel%29 by Charles R. Jackson about a writer who drinks heavily out of frustration over the accusation that he had an affair with one of his buddies while in college . The reference to the gay affair is removed in the film, and the main character's descent into an alcoholic binge is blamed on writer's block.
The lush also has a brother who is trying to help them abstain from alcohol, also lying and giving excuse for their alcoholic habit.