The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-11
CAN AN INEBRIATE CONQUER his
VICE.


besides not unnaturallv offend, in their
very designation, kind Of pride-talse,
if you choose-which every man posses
ses to more or less degree.
Their expense, too, usually falls on the
friends of those whom they are designed
TO benefit, and, for these and other rea-
sons, we propose to show that any man
thus painfully situated may, if he chooses,
illustrate for himself, and IN himself, the
title OF this article.
Habitual inebriesy presents condition
in which the brain, being soddened and
dulled by the long and extravagant use of
the various pOisons known under the gen.
eral name OF "ardent spirits" refuses to
respond to the will power. Secondly,
when the stomach, by long custom, has so
habitCa5ed itself to these stimulants that
it takes to itself the pTeTogative Of the
will-pOwer, and successfully demands
their continuance.
Thus this morbid condition becomes q
true physical disease, and must be treated
as such. OF course, the final result to be
attained is total abstinence from the evil
habit.
But this result csnnot be reached at
once, because, first, of the inability OF the
will TO act through the brain and enforce
the desire; and second, because the in-
tensified anG abnormal condition of the
stomach viii not admit, with safety to
the physical system, of the sudden reac-
ton.
= TIE change must be effected gradually,
and the first step IS TO restore the brain to
its normal activity; afterward the reor-
gani,ation Of the digestive and other
functions may be safely attempted.
The effects of alcoholic s.imulsnts on
the system are twofold: cumulative and
aDSsthetic. At first the oxygen, set free,
courses through the circulation, exslt-
ing all the functions 10 the per
fcTmance of extraordinary tasks Then
the carbon takes its place, and its influence
is observable in the deadening of all the
faculties, the partial paralysis of the
nerves and muscles, as observable in its
effect on articulation and lccomotion;
lastly the brain sinks under the deadly in
tuence, and an3sthesia more or less COM
plete, ensues.
But previous to auPsthesia, the brain
acts with abnormal power. The passions
become stimulated, and in this condition,
the inebriate performs acts commonly
only sscri6ed to insanity or idiocy.
Now, while this over-stimulated condi-
ton exists, it is impossible to regain the
will-pOwer, and here begins the treatment
by which the unhappy victim may Of
himself, and by himself, become his own
"lnebriate asylum" with no loss of dig
nifty, and regain his lost manhood by the
exercise of vital force, fairly Godlike in
its nature.
This article is not addressed-for it
would be useless, and is Unnecessary-to
those bestial beings, whose animal pas
slOns naturally direct them to criminal
excuses, and whose loss to the world.
should it occur from such or any other
cause, wopld be all
It IS addressed to those, who, by deli
cate temperament, uncongenial associa-
tons, or ver-labOriCusness, have fallen
from tnelr high and holy estate through
the very means which they have adopted
20 sustain themselves and to keep alight,
Yet little longer, the fires Of hone.
suppose, then, one OF these, q sad and
fran relic OF departed nobility, with the
slumbering and nearly dead ashes Of his
intellect and his aspirations occasionally
t1ckering up with q spark Cf the old vital
Ivy. suppose one who, for wears. sccord
ing % tGe strength Of his constitution, has
DSdied, with the aid of this deceitf1l allv.
against host Of trials and annoyauces.
suddenly, BY ore O. those occasional Wis.
Ions o himself, which God greciOusly
grants sometimes to the most degraded.
hnds within aim q new determination
aHaScneu, 10 burst out Of the chains that
nave cnthraued him, and to become again
Waat he has been, and more; and then
hnds The old, sinking, crushing, feeling
come over HIM, that tells him he Is slave
Haft shat He do
One thing IS certain: there can be no
dins3aucnd0 in this.
There IS 10 "taperiug of" with the
devil.
Ether he has got you, or he has not got
you.
1he fret part OF the medical treatment
IN tais physical disease requires the i'm
mediate removal Of the patient from all
disturbing influences, of whatever nature.
There must be 10 noisy children about,
10 quarIellng women, 10 scandsl.mOn-
gers pouring out their distilled venom to
Jar upcn his nerves, and disturb his shirt
ne must have absolute quiet and rep0se.
But to obtain this, there need not be re-
course to an asylum.
There IS none so poor, who is worthy
TO be saved, who has not a friend.
Let him then reach some such friend
trust and confide IN him, and obtain the
required shelter, rest, and attendance. for
d lew days.
Not Tor months, during which new
HABITS OF thought are formed end old bus.
mess relations become broken off. and
the man falls again into his old place Ut
terly forgotten, and unable to retsin the
threads OF his lost identity Nor in con,
s'Aht, dally association with such, from
every walk IN life, as have no other con-
Shl$lity Win him but the painful one of
similarity OF disease, an association de-
Inora!lZIng IN It's very nature; but among
Ms irlehds, and those who know him, and
form constant bond of union with the
great world he loves and lives in.
&c may continue his relations with
business and society by correspondence
ana by vista; and soOthed and strength
ened by the knowledge that he is not
iSrgotten, AID that his hard fight ia being
fought among those who love him, and
admire tAe renewed strength which daily
aillinates aim and enables him 20 strug-
g!e successfully; and not among strangers
VINO treat bis case purely from a scien-
tluc an1 routine point o. view; his earn
e9lheSS ana determination are redoublcd,
and he nears the victory.
So.Aieu IiiiS temporary asy-
luin, we viii say that he drinks bis usual
allowance of liquor, and retires to bed in
as usual CONDITION of inebriety.
he has taken care, in his stcadier mo-
Elents, 70 provide himself with six tween
ygfen powders Of Bromide of Potas-
sum, which ne will get at drug store, on
p ln,sI1 the following prescription,
Wnlcn he can either obtain from q pbysi.
clan or writs for himself: but il is b.ey 70
submit It to a physician before present.
ing: pi0'0-4''
PRESCRIPTION.
Potassii Bromidi-Drach. II.
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