The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-07-04
THE PASSION FOR DRINK.
Recipes that Are Said to Assist in
It's Cure.

| 4bS SuTSs
We receive letters like the follow
ing from numbers of sufferers
through the passion for spirituous
drink:
Sir: 1 used to drink hard, scarce
ever to drunkenness, but constantly
to something approaching it. 1 am
trying all a man can try to stop.
But once a week or so the terrible
gnawing, yearning, goading desire
for drink attacks me, and dare not
resist it. Is there no substitute, no
expedient that will tide me over
such attacks? l am told you rpaper
has at different times given recipes
for such cases. Ii so, will you not,
in the name of God and humanity,
republish them or give their date?
Don't say, ego to a physician" for
L have done it, They don't know,
they don't care, they don't help.
And don't tell me to take valerian
for it, for have tried that, and it is
ten times worse than whisky.
My business requires my con-
slant attention; my family require
every dollar my business can be
made to yield. cannot stop and
be treated for days and weeks in
some sanitarium. Iwant some help
to aid my own will and power and
strength to overcome this periodical
call and demand of my system for
stimulants.
1 do not give my address. If you
desire it, confidentially, 1 will. Try
to help a sorely tried man who
wants to help himself. E. V. M.
The writer, like many others, has
made a mistake. We have not at
any time given a recipe which is an
efectual substitute for the alcoholic
stimulant. There are certain tonic
and carminative remedies which
may be used to aid in the work of
self cure, but this must be effected
principally by the exercise of the
sufferers will in abstaining totally
from all strong liquors, wines and
beer. We do not believe that any
physician can furnish a prescrip
ton which will cure q man of the
desire for strong drink. Some ply
sicians prescribe broken doses of
tartar emetic in the favorite liquor
of the dipsomaniac patient to create
disgust, but they admit that the
disgust is only temporary. Still, a
heroic man will resort to this tenn
porary disgust, provided he finds it
n in hn g
his self-treatment.
All drinking men say that the inn
peratlve a1d uncomfortable thirst
for drink is always preceded by
nervous depression and sense of
uneasiness, particularly at the pit
of the stomach, and frequently ex
tending to the hypogastric region.
AT that stage some support must be
given to the system. The hot air
bath, when possible, or a simple
warm bath, is recommended at this
stage. Strong coffee made in a
French parculator, in the proper
ton Of two heaping tablespoonfuls
of the roasted ground berry to a
half pint or medium sized teacup of
boiling hot water, is the best and
safest stimulant. 1t should be taken
on an empty stomach and without
sugar or cream, and repeated every
half hour until the stimulant is oh
served. Where the nervous depres-
sion is very great, three grain doses
of quinine may be given every two
hours until nine grains have been
taken. When the coffee creates
dyspepsia it will not do to use it
except at the time of the attack. |
Extract of beef, taken as q warm or
cold beverage, and seasoned with |
celery salt, is one of the best slim
ulants to ward off the attack.
Many citizens have expressed |
their appreciation of the following |
tonic carminative: Sulphate of iron,
five grains; peppermint water, eleven
drachms; extract of ginger, one
drachm; take one teaspoonful of
this mixture, we'll shaken, night and |
morning. The iron tones up the
system, the peppermint strengthens
the stomach, and the extract of gin
ger lit must not be a tincture made /
with alcohol, but simple, very i
strong ginger tea), is sufficient
stimuIant to settle disordered nerves
for the time. The ginger must be
omitted as soon as possible. At !
the height of the attack a few drops
of ammonia or hartshorn may be
added to each teaspoonful of the !
above mixture. The tonic, like all }
others, should be taken for not |
more than ten consecutive days or
two weeks at time; if fulness of
the head is produced by the iron in
a few days, stop until it subsidies.
Nor should this tonic be resorted to
again, unless there is a recurrence |
of the first symptoms.
In the meantime, the use of to- /
bacco, in every form, must be |
avoided. The late DR.. Chapman is
authority for the assertion that de
lirium tremens, with all its essen
tial features, is sometimes caused |
by the use of tobacco. Its use Ger
tainly Injuries the digestion and the
nervous system, and predisposes to
the taste for strong drink. All /
spices and highly seasoned food
must be given up. Salt fish and
salt meats, and all articles of food |
which provoke thirst must also be
avoided. The diet must be nutri
tious and simple. Fruits, and par
ticularly apples, are recommended. /
The habitual use OF tea and coffee |
must be abandoned.
Temptation in every form must
be stunned. Dinner parties, balls,
clubs and all social gatherings where
drinking is INDUCED in must be es-
chewed. The mind, however, must
be kept cheerful by all amusements /
which will not lead TO temptation, /
such as theaters, lectures, reading, |
and the society of such intimate
friends as know the weakness Of
the sufferer, and will not offer nor
urge the society CLASSY 7. Sun.
A Remarkable Result.
1t makes no difference how many /