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f* Ott tiuetrt t’ 1it’r’ trr tltit’tl t’*ltt’q lve rf. l,u.r’it glirss t,I tlrr irl rlhith is pleasartl- tt, Lhe taste. at’rcl ri’hit:h con- :! iainr* *’ithin itn sniall Il1*at{urfl a $tore rll’ rvallttth arrd goorl-fellorvship and stirrrrrlatil.lrr, oll reigasg frorn rnontentirr)’ t:tr’0$ and anxistitis,’Ilhat n’r:rrlri 1.,* a ttrink rii il’l’risk1′, o.f t:rittrse-lvhisky, u,hiuli iu tnu r.if Naturrr’s most gerrel’ori$ gift* trr rrtun, and at the ” l wos o drunken hunr o{ the wur*{ surl’, My {crn’rily wcrs rrlirrost tlrfity,” garne tinrre one rrf Iiiil rnost elitsive ploblems” l.t is a ;:roblem l:tlcause, Iilcr rnanl’olf his gt”eatest [rtlrtelits, rnau does nut qtritrir knorv hulv to lon* lr’ol it, 1\rl a n-v *x lrtr l i utelt l.,s lta’,’e l”reen rnitde, the nrost *ltcctacular being the cpreel nightmare of pr”ohibitiou, rvhich left aLcttH0LIcs sLrch deep rlcttr$ Llpcln tlie nrorals anrl the rnannei’$ of our” nation. Milli<ins oll dollar* lravt been spent, tr5′ philan- ANN GOII thlril:istn aur:I crusadet:s to spl’ead the cloctrinc of ternperance. [n our time, the nrost re sponsible r,rf the riistillers ar:e urging us tu use their rvares sensin I b11′, r’,’ithoLrt exL:ess. .Llr.rt to a rtuin lirnited rtumber of r-:e

riul conntrl’r’nr:n tieithel prohibition nul rvi*r &duiottishments have atry rneanitt1,l, h*r:uuso thev are helpless not a vice. It is a specilic illness of ” I do nut believe that true alcoliollthett it rlorlrei! to obrrl’i11g 11r*,n. I body anci mind, and should be treated isnr is etrtirely a trratl;er rlf irrdividiral speak uli the trur: alcuholics, and be- as sltch. nrental coutrol. .[ havr* ]ltrcl ruany rneti fore gr;ing an.y f Lrtther I hacl best ex- By far the most suecessful crtre is w,ho had, .for examlrl*, rvtlrked for ir plain rr’hat tirat, term means. that used by the hospital rvhose head pcriotl nf tnonth* (rtl $onie Iitt.giliesg fr:r * rtuldical definitiorr of the doctor I have quoted. There is uoth- rierl rvhich wts to lie settled oII a cer* terrrr, I quote att tntittent doctor luho ing secret about it. It has tlie endorse- tain ttate. Tj’or reasons theY hts spent ttvctrt),*til’e yeals treating nrent of the medical pr:ofe$sion. It is, r:nrrld not a{lerlvalcl explilin, t}rr:y took srrch purrplu irr orre of the tnost highli’ f undamentully, a procesn r:f tlehy<lra- t r:lrinlq a day or tlvri prior to the r”egartled llrivatt’r ltorlpitals in thr: tion: oll removing harmful io,xins rlats arrtl the intporiilnt errt:orrntt’1’l from *ll parts oJl tiie litltly su’ifter gagerni.lttt ‘r,vas trot even kcpt, 1’henu ” We believe that the :rction than Nature trittld *rcr:ornplish it men w{rre not drinkiug tt-i esctpu. r.rii alcohol irt cht’orric: nlcoholics i* u lf ilhin fir,e or six tl*ys-*^trvo rvueks ‘llhe’r, n,ere drinl<irrg to ovel’cunttr ll nrnrrife*tatir:tt of an allergy-*that the at the rrruxirnum-*-the patient’s body craving th*t was beyond theil rnenlal Jrhenomerron of craviug i* lirnitgd ttl is utterly free frorn alcoholic puisons’ control this class and never’occurs itr t,he ^

Which mr€irlrl that i:he pli.ysfrul crav- ” Tire classiiicatiou of alcohttlics is a\/eral{e ttrnperate drinker.'[‘hese irrg ls *outplelely s111’s6, becarrne the most tiiflicult. T’here are, of courser allrllgir- iyptix rarr nrver uaf*I1’ ttilc /rod’y ct’it’s ottt for aieohtrl ortly rvhen tire psyciropaths u4:o are emotiotrally alrohr;l in an], li:rt’rn at ull,” ah:ohrrl is alreatly tlrtre. The patierrl, unstable. ‘I’he1’ are ovefll: ‘

‘l’hev ilt’e, he grlus on, triucltucl w’ith has no feelirttrl of revulxion ttxvltrtl ruorseful and nrakt tnatry rrlsolutiorrs phy’sir*l attrl nrentul rluirks rvhich pr”e- u’hiskr’. }Je simplS’ is not interested -**lir.rt nevert’ a. d*r:ision. verrt thr.:rn fronr irorttt’ollirtg their urvn in it, IIe has t’ecovured. “llut rl”nit. “‘l’het’e is lire t.1’pe rvho is uttn’illar.:tiuns, ‘fllcv sufl’ut’ llt’rtm u’lttt, sumt llurr’ pct’tnattett is lti.s letot’ery? irrg t+ atlmil that, h* ilirnnot tilku li, tloct,ors call u ” t:omlrulsion netrrosis”” ()ttr dorl.trr sit-vs Ihis: “‘l’hottglt thtl qlrinh .irrst iike th* rest. oJi the lioyrr. ‘I’hev krrr)w liqrror is Lrnrl for tlrr,m llrrt, irllgresate oil full rtlcr:vet’ie,t t)rluugh IIe rloesi t,ricks with his drirrking”-” l”reliotlicrilly, theJ”ure r:lr”ivsrr by u t,iu” phl sir’al ;rnrl 1ts1’chiatrit’ rrffrrl t. i.’i t’t,tt- rhanl{ing }ris hrantl* ut: rlrinitiug unl,’ 1en1. ilnrl trii:trll.v rtnrltinl.r’ulli,rltltr r:le*ire sidelal,lt, \\’e (li)t:L{)l’s\ ntr.rst trlnril tlrnl iiftel nr*alu, tir rhangittg ltis crlrnlcr u tlrittk, .rr\uri after tlrat. l’irst rlrinh,, ri,e har,e nrade little itnpttltlsitttt rtpon p*rrionu” I!otir* uf [hin hclp* ]riit’r thrr deluge. thr ltlolrlcm as u tthole. Ii’ur thure are str”r:nHtl:en ltis ctlntrol and b* Iil** Norr, tlt*rul prlr:ple are genrrinn:l.y nrarrl’ t.ypts rvhith dt nol. resputtd to r:rthor peoplu. ‘.Ilien thtlrr: u,r’e t.ypes sitlq. il’he lirlur.rt trn[:it vrit]r thcrn is the pslrlr:ft,ologicrrl appr:otch. *rrtir:c11, ttt’rrntal itr er,erl’ retpecl e:’i”.

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cept in the elfect rvirich alc.ohol has gers hard. ” It happenecM tlnn’tt quairrtances, of a ” cure ” irrstitutiotr, upon them. or perhaps by making inqiriry of a like that lr’ord miracle, bLrt that’s all ” All these, nnd rtaul’ others, have preacher, a prie,st, or n dost,or, IIe I can call it. The lights in lhe ntreet one $yrnptom in common: fhe,l’ can- hegins his talk rvith his new Rctptnint- seemed ti:r flare up. M1. feet seemed to noL start rlrittkirrg rvithout develotrt’ auce hy telling him the truc nnlule nf ieaye thr; paventent. A kind of shiver ing the phen<ltuetrott nf crilvittg. his disease and horv rernote nr:tl hii+ , “t,nnt over me, ancl I l:rrrst, or.rt cryin$. *’1 went hack to the hr;use u’licrcr (hanr:es for permanent cure. The rinll’ relief rve hnr,e t;rr sugge$l i”it completrl rihstinence f rom alcohol.” \4rhen he has clouviucred tire man r,.’e lrad nrct, and t’Rttg t.lte lrall, lnd But are these unfortunate peri;ile that he is a true alcctitr:lic ancl rnunt, Rill let; nre in. We talkrlcl ut:til Lrvo really capnble, mentally, of abstain- ner,’er clrink again, he continues: ,r’clock in the rnornitrg. I havcu’t ing cornpletel,y? Their: Iiodies may be ” You hacl better admit that t,his touched a drop since anrl nevel’ witl, cured of t:ral,in$. Can their: rnincls be thing is ire,l’nntl your o1{‘lr cr;ntr:ol. and I’r,e set four r-il;het’ fellnvu’s cn the r:urerl? 0an the)’be rid of the cleadll- YoLr’r’e triecl to sol’n’e it lty yournelf. -qame rond.” ” cr:mpul*inrt neurogis ” ? aucl yor,r have failed. All t’ight. Whi. llhe doctnr, a nonreligioufl Infln Muc.h has been rvril;tetl pro and con, nnt put the u’trole thing into the hands himself, rvas at fir”st r.rttellr, asl.r:nbut among Dhl’slti*n* the genelal. of Somebody Itrlse? ” ished at the results that hegan to clpinion tseems to be that chronic Everr thnugh the man might be an appear among his patients. But then alc.oholics are doomed, atheiet or agtrostic, he will almost al- he put his knovrledge of psl’r:hiat.ry But rvail I rvays adrnit thai there is some sort of and psvchology to qrr:rk. Within the last foLtt’ 3’ssl’s’ sf i- force otierating in the rvorld-*some denc.e has appeared which has startled cosmic power weaving a denign. And THESE rnen rl’pre expet’ietrcitrg a hard-boiled medical men b.v proving his neq’ fr:iend will say r I psychie change. T’heir so-called thal, the rninri surell. can be cured’*- ” I clon’l, care lthat you cnll this ” c.onlpulsiolt n*uLnsis ” lvas hein$ that the compulsion treurosis can he $nmebod1, Else. We call it Gttd” But altered*–trarrsferred frnn”r liquor to entirely eliminated. Perhatrls you are \,\’hatever ynu want to call it, )rou hed something else.’lheir psychological ure of thnse cl’nical people rvho u’ill l:etter put yourself into its hancls” necensity 1,o drink rtas being changed tui’n a$’a)’ ,rvheti I sal’ that the ront Just admit yoLr’r’e licked, and say, to a ps;gchological necessity to resctre of this new’ discovet:y is religir:n. 13ut ‘Flere I am, Somebcldy l{lne. You their fellorv victims from the plight he patient ftir a moment. u,ill have to take care of thin thinta that made themselves so migeral:le. ‘for rne.’ ” It is nr:t a ttetv idea, It is a polver- A BOUT thlee I’eat’s ago a Inalr ap- The new sr.rbject vi’ill genelall], r:otr- ful and e{fective rvorking out of an old its\ peared at the hospilal itr Neir’ sent tr: attend one of the lveckll, rneet- irlea, We nll knou’ that the alcoholic York of lvhich our cioctor is iread ph:l’- ings of the movemeut. hag an urge 1,r: shar:e hig tt:oubles. sician. It ivas his third ” cure.” Sitlce IIe will find trventy-five or: t;hirt1, Ilsychoanalysts use this r.rtge. They his firsl, r,isit he had lost, through ex-dluriks gathered in somebocly’s saf io thr: alcohnlic, in l:a.sic termnl successive backslirlirrgs, ltis iob, hig home for a pleasant evenin$. ‘llhere ” Yr:u cau’t lick this 3’ourself. Give frien<ls, his health, arrd his self-re- rire no sel’mons. The talk gay or seri- me the prohlem**tt”ansfet the rvhoie spect. He wsn llot(‘ living oti the earn* ous as the mor:d strikes” thing tn me ancl let rne take the u,hole irrgs of his rvife. The nerv candidate cannot; avoicl responsibilit)’,” ]3ut the ps.ychoatra- IIe had tried every metltocl he coultl saying to hirnself, ” These hirds are l:yst, being rrf human cla-v, is not often firrd to cLrre his rlisease: hail read all ex-drunks. Ancl lcrik at thern I Thel’ a lrig enough man for that job. The the great pirilosophers and ps1’chokr- rnu”ct have sornething, It *ounds kind patient siml:|1′ cannot generate gists. lle harl tlied religion but he of scrervy, but whatever it is I ‘rvish enough c.onfidence in him. But the simply could not accept it, It lvould to heaven I could get it tcro.” patient co,ri hat’e enough confidence in ruot seem real and personal tr: him, One or another of the rnenrhers 0od*-once he has gone through the no matter r,vhat he mighl do. l<eeps u,orking on him from da)’ to nrystical expet:ience of recognizing I:Ie rvent through the cr”tre as usual, day. And presently the rnitacle- God. Antl upon that princil:le the ancl came orrl; of it in t,erl’lorv s1:ir:its, Brrt let, me give you en example: A lcoholic Foundation rests. lle ‘r1,6s li’ing in hed, emptied r:f vi- The meclical pr’ofession, in general, tality nnci thought, rvhen sudrlenll’, II S AT dorvn in n q u iet t’oonr rr il h Mr, accepts the principle as sound. il strange antl ttitaily unexpected thrill Il., a stockily built man lrt’ fif tt ryith ” Alcr:hr:lic,s AnonS,mous ” have lvent through his iro<iy atrd mincl. I{e a rnther ster:n, intelligent face. cr:nsolidated their aclivities in an r:alled riut fnr the doctor:. lVhen the ” I’ll tell you u’hat happenetl I yflar organization called the Alcr:rhcrlit: ilocrtor caure in, the man looked r”rp at; ago,” he sairtr. ” I was completely Fr:rundation. It is a nr:nprofil-making hirn and glinneil. rvashed up^ Financially I u’a* all enterprise, Nobocly connected r,vith i’l; ” Well, doc,” he eaicl, ” my tt’oubles light, because my money is in a trust is rraid a penny. It is not a crusa<ling are all over. I’\’e got religion.” fund. Rut I was a drunken bum of movemerrt. It condemns neither ” \Yh1′, ],ou’re the last man the rvor,st sort. My family was almost liqr:nr nr:r the liquor industry. Its ” Sure. I krrr:w all that. But I’ve crazy rvith my incessant sprees. vi’hole concern is lvith the rescue of ,{ot it. ,And I know I’tn cured of thig ” I took the cure in Ne.,r’ York.” allergic alcoholics, the gmall propordrinl<ing husiness for good,” (At the hospital rve have mentioned. ) tion of the popr”rlation lvho musf l:re IIe l;alked ilf ith $reat intensit], for ” lYhen I came or-rt of it, the doctor cured or peris)r. It llreaches no }lara lr,hile arrii thon said, ” Listen, dnc. suggested I go to one of these meet- ticular religion &nd ha-c trn dogma, no I’ve got l;n see some other patient–‘ ings the boys rvere holding. I jtist rules. Ilvery man ronceir,es Gr:d actine that in ahorrt to be clismisserl.” laughecl. My father was an atheist cording to his orvn lights, The dr:r:tor’ denturred. It. ;rl1 sorincled. and had taught me to be one. But the (iror:ps have grow’n r11: in rither n trifJe llannt;ical. But finally he con- doctor: kept saying it wouldn’t do me citieg. The a{Tair:s r:f the Forrndation nented. Auri thun rvasl born the movr-‘- ;rrr.r’ halrn, and I rvent. are managed hy three membere of the rttent w'[rich is nr:rv {lourishirig n’ith ” l[ sat around listening to t]re jah- movement and four pr:ominent busialmnst sensational $uccess a,$ ” Alco”, ber:” It didr:’t negister rvith me at all. ness and professional men, not, alcoliolics Anorryfl roll s. ” I rvent home. Ihlt the next week I holics, rvho volunteererl their services. l{ore isr hou’ it lvnrlcs : fouud m1’sslf ilrnlvn to the n:eeting” The For:ndation has latell, puh- Fjver.l’rnetnher r:f the group*”- Ancl again they lrorked on me lvhile lighed a hook, callecl r\lcoholics Aunny* u,hich is t;r: sn,y el’ery per’$on rrrho han I shor:li rn}’ hc*cl. I rairl, ‘It seemn mouB. Ancl if alcriholisnr is n prriblem trnen saverl*-*is under ol:ligatiorr to 0, 1(. rvith y’orr, ltoys, but I clon’t; even in your family or among yr:ul friencls, fiaf ry on the ltork, to save othe r men, ktriovr, )’our lan#uage. Clount me oltt”‘ I heartily t’econtmetrd that you ${ttt ifhnt, incleed, i.+ a fr”rucl*rrnentnl partr ” Somebody gaid the Lrlrd’n Prayer’, hr”rld nf a fiol)]r” It rna.l’ very lvell help nf his ow,n mental cure. I{e gains nncl ttre mceling broke up, I walkecl ynu to grride n sick matr**an *llergic ntrength and confid*nce hy sstivs three hlocks tr: the snhrvay statinrr, alcoholicr”-“.’on Lhc rvav tn healt.h and u’ork rvitlr ol;her^ r’ictinrs. ,lust an l lvas about to gn dorvn the contentment,” [[e finr”l* his sr.rhject amoll# n*- stairs—harrgI” Jle snappnrl )ris fin- f ifil []ND 10