Three books I can immediately think of are Doris Lanier's
ABSINTHE-THE COCAINE OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY: A HISTORY OF THE
HALLUCINOGENIC DRUG AND ITS EFFECT ON ARTISTS AND WRITERS IN
EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES (Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1995);
Donald W. Goodwin, ALCOHOL AND THE WRITER (Kansas City: Andrews
and McNeel, 1988); and Tom Dardis, THE THIRSTY MUSE: ALCOHOL AND
THE AMERICAN WRITER (New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1989).
 
Kevin Grace