This article is devoted to the debut novel Halt by Jakub Zając, in which the author describes his struggle with alcoholism and his stay in a closed therapeutic center. The novel fits into the genre of autopathography, which is a subjective record of the experience of the disorder and long-term treatment. In this genre, the sociological and cultural context becomes an important component. This article consists of three parts. In the first part, the author focuses on the subject’s confessions which are accompanied by reflections on the multidimensional nature of the disorder. The second part concentrates on the space of the center interpreted through the prism of Michel Foucault’s concept of hetero­topia. In the last part of the article, the author draws attention to the therapeutic potential of telling stories about the disorder.