The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-04-24

known and esteemed from my boy
hood, had long talk with m,
about my habit Of taking NOR
tphine. He told me that whilst h,
knew nothing of the medicine, hi
had been convinced by Mr.. Wool
ley, a gentleman recently moved
here that Collins antidotc was, in al
probability, q painless cure for the
habit | had heard Of it before, but
supposed it was mere patent hum.
bug. | had, however, the utmos,
confidence in my friend, whose earn
est and kind manner won upon me,
and though | put him off to anothe,
time, | never forgot his words Of
warning. Again and again he
sought me, and used every means in
his power to induce me to try it, Al
length the required facts in my case
were given. In about ten days the
antidote arrived, and was taken as
described by you. was, at the time,
taking fifteen grains Of morphine
per day.
/ AS to myself, | will state most
solemnly, on my honor al a man,
from the moment | took the first
| dose ofthe antidote to the present,
| have never taken or wanted to take
any morphine or other opiate, and
what is the most wonderful thing OF
all, | have felt no uneasiness of
mind or body. | feel an improve.
ment each day. My appetite is
good, my sleep is sweet and refresh
ing, my mind is clear and active,
my spirits are cheerful, and. except
slight weakness, | feel every way
capable 10 so on with business as |
did before touching the Internal
drug So great is the change in
me, really | am at loss for Ian
guage to describe it, and If | could
command words adequate, those who
have never witnessed such change
would believe | was dealing in more
extravaganzas, | can refer to my
parepta, brothers and sisters wheth-
or Il have told even half OF the truth.
The question is often asked mo II
there must not be some opiate in the
antidota, "a it sustains me SO per-
fectly. OF course | am ignorant of
its ingredients, but ! cannot think
there is any opium for several rcas
ons: | | believeI would detect its
presence in the smallest quantity, Sc
we'll am | acquainted with its every
| possible effect. 2. 1t would create
a desire for itself if there were any
opium in it; whereas, In fact, | have
already to be reminded of the hours
to take the doses, having desire for
neither opium nor antidote. 8.
During the day, take four doses Of
the antidote four hours apart. The
time between the last dose at night
and the first in the morning is elev-
en- to twelve hours, and yet have
not the slightest desire for the anti
dote in the morning Besides my
own Judgment in the case, have
been examined carefully by tive Of
our best physicians--one five days
after | began the antidote, and the
other yesterday land they both say
1 there Ia not the slightest evidence of
the opium in my system.
/ fear your patience is already
worn out, and yet | crave few
more words. / have been asked
why / did not stop the use of NOR
phine myself. Ny answar d, I
goNM NOT God only knowa how
hard and how often | tried. | was
conscious Of going down, down. and
would inevitably become vaga-
bond, unless coon released by death.
| was Ia agonies when under the in
fuence Of morphine, and suffered In
describable fortunes when without
it. / consulted physicians in almost
every town in the country, offering
! to pay five hundred dollars 10 be
cured. They all said the only pos
sibIe chance for me was by reducing
the dose every day, tried it, but
could NOT endure It, and right here /
gave it as my deliberate opinion,
!, that no man who was fully confirm
cd in the habit, ever did permanent
| " quit 1t by this means. ! must
see him and know that be has quit
/ il for many years--not that he has
got down to half grain per day
but that he has quit entirely, before
| I will believe it. The thing may
be possible, but my experience
teaches that it j. The hardest thing
en- this earth TO do.
| am glad your paper has come
out on this subject. You are GER
tainly doing noble work Of human
ity, and you are welcome to this
statement of mine, If you think i
will do good. i do most earnestly
recommend all who desire to quit
the Opium habit, to use Collins An
tidote, which can be got by address
ing b NJ. WoolIey, General Agent,
Atlanta, Ga. Those trying this
medicine, ifthey follow directions,
will never regret it.