In 1988 is 43 years old Leif GW Persson on a health check. The famous criminologist does not receive any happy news. The doctor explains that there is no point in having any checkups next year. He doesn’t think Persson will survive until then if he continues his drinking.
– It was very hard to hear, I didn’t perceive myself as addicted, Leif explains to GW Persson Today’s news 35 years later.
It ordered Leif GW on the first date with Kim Persson
New Year’s Eve 1988 he stops drinking until midsummer 1989. He has kept that pattern until today, 2024.
Therefore, Jan Guillou and Leif GW Persson became enemies
“The longest I lasted was 14 months”
– I suddenly got a lot done when I wasn’t so saucy. I worked a lot and wrote my novels. The longest I lasted was 14 months, Persson tells DN.
I stopped drinking alcohol for 6 months – this happened
Drinking was a way for the criminologist to deal with stress and keep it “quiet upstairs”. After GW’s sober six months, it became a considerably less gloomy health check.
After the Christmas drinking and toast in a glass – then it’s time for the white month
– Yes, the half-yearly break directly affected my health. It was not possible to drink as much as before the break, then you would have felt bad.
– I absolutely recommend white periods. Now I actually drink less than I did in the last fifty years, says Leif GW Persson to DN.