Philp D. Gay Jr. has ancestors that were some of the first settlers when Southampton, Long Island, New York was founded in 1640. Beginning as a teenager, Philip D. Gay Jr. took to hard drinking. By the time he graduated high school, he was deep in the throes of alcoholism. As he struggled with his alcoholism, he found little solice in his family. His mother was narcissistic and bitter while his father and brother struggled with additcion as well. In his memoir, Gay shows the long path he followed out of alcoholism. With sobriety gained, he was able to master pursuits that he once thought...