Grace by James Joyce.

An unconscious man is found in the lavatory of a Dublin bar. He has hurt himself in a fall and will discover that he has bitten off the tip of his tongue. After being helped to his feet by strangers, the man—who is named Tom Kernan—is assisted home by a friend, Mr. Power, and put straight to bed. Later, as Power and Kernan's wife discuss Kernan's condition, they decide to enlist his friends in an effort to reform him. "We'll make a new man of him," Power assures Mrs. Kernan.