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Are you sick and tired of being sick and tired?

Do you think you have problems with your
drinking?

If anyone who is showing inability to control his drinking can do the
right ­ about ­ face and drink like a gentleman, our hats are off to
him. Heaven knows,
we have tried hard enough and long enough to
drink like other people!

Here are some of the methods we have tried: Drinking beer only,
limiting the number of drinks, never drinking alone, never drinking
in the morning, drinking only at home, never having it in the house,
never drinking during business hours, drinking only at parties,
switching from scotch to brandy, drinking only natural wines,
agreeing to resign if ever drunk on the job, taking a trip, not taking
a trip, swearing off forever (with and without a solemn oath), taking
more physical exercise, reading inspirational books, going to health
farms and sanitariums, accepting voluntary commitment to asylums,
we could increase the list ad infinitum.

We do not like to pronounce any individual as alcoholic, but you can
quickly diagnose yourself,
step over to the nearest barroom and try
some controlled drinking.
Try to drink and stop abruptly. Try it
more than once. It will not take long for you to decide, if you
are honest with yourself about it.
It may be worth a bad case of
jitters if you get a full knowledge of your condition.

Though there is no way of proving it, we believe that early in our
drinking careers most of us could have stopped drinking. But the
difficulty is that
few alcoholics have enough desire to stop while there
is yet time.
We have heard of a few instances where people, who
showed definite signs of alcoholism, were able to stop for a long
period because of an overpowering desire to do so
.