I know this is probably a common topic. For me, I’m not sure if it’s a “trope” or just totally misinformed writing, but it’s how many authors approach alcoholism. Some examples are Girl on the Train and The House Across the Lake, among HUNDREDS. If anyone else here has struggled with alcoholism, you know it’s not just "i woke up after downing an entire bottle of whiskey but was able to shower, down a cup of coffee, and solve a murder. "
This is my main gripe with Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series. I’m loving it and I’m nearly through it but so much of the story ends up effectively operating around the fact that a lot of the main characters don’t know what is going on with each other. Yes, it’s a fantasy ‘medieval’ world, but it’s a world with magic and techniques are clearly available that could provide very fast, if not instantaneous transmission of messages. Magical ways but also non magical ways - e.g. horses to carry messages or homing pigeons. This isn’t just characters not knowing on what’s going on with each other over the space of a book but multiple books. Stuff has happened to main characters that others don’t find out about for like 6 books. And these are some of the longest books I’ve read so it’s literally 3-4 thousand words of narrative covering a year of time and they haven’t found out about pretty significant plot changes for their friends.