Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-15

other occasion, utter failure. Then. again.
the usual effect Is that the quantity must
De increased. The craving for more and
more Is a marked characteristic Of alcohol
drinkers: the more they have Tho more
they want. therefore the more tn, drink.
ana IN extreme cases there are n,hcr re-
suits OF alcohol drinking. in the form Of
immortality and crime To say n,.r. No -
dependency and restlcssucss Al tb,.so
are too commonplace To need mention here
The worst fallaCy in regard TO alrnhol
Is the fallacy of the right way OF giving
II up. 1t is all very well to say 10 PEOPLE:
Avoid temptations to drink. do ror go
where You will have TO drink" and Il is an
very well to say. Use your will mower.
refuse to drink but it is far better to
show people also the conditions which make
them desire alcohol. so that they may
refuse it,
Assuming. however that alcohol really
does harm to you individually, then find
out what 1t is that makes you desire IL;
you get then to the root of the matter
You have to put yourself in such a state
that when alcohol is offered you YOU
would rather not take it. The first help
is to take enough nourishment. not in the
form of fattening and heating material
or of sheer bulk, but in the form Of hlood-
making and tissue-making substances,
namely. albumen.
l get my own aIbumen entirely from,
heShiess foods. 1t is possible that others
may find that these heshless foods are VAL
liable for them, as they may have been
Tor me. In my own case, when first gave
up alcohol l continued the use of meat
etc, and l found that even at the end Of
SIX months I still desired alcohol Then L
gave up the flesh foods about four years
ago, and almost Immediately the desire for
alcohol went. On the fieshless foods 1 be-
heVe that, as a rule the desire will disap-
pear. There seems to be something in the
flesh which produces the thirst for intoxI-
cants; though l found that I'm case | did
not take enough proteid or albumen and
or rsfS T.1-
hausted and the desire returned | could
at any time. therefore. reproduce the de-
sire py returning to the flesh foods, or
by not taking enough proteid daily For
1t seems to me to come down to that
enough proteid, say four ounces a day in
a feshless form. That is the verdict for
one single case. Personal experience in
each case must De the guide-persnnal ex-
perlence extending over at least some
weeks.
Before finish 1 must say word about
immediate results; they are not to be mis-
taken for fun results; they are not TO be
the criterion. When a man takes alco-
hol the Immediate results are probably
satisfactory; but lie must not imagine
that the final effect of alcohol is satisfac-
tory because OF this. He must be eau
tious before he decides On the other
hand, he may give up alcohol and find
that the immediate effect is depression:
ne must not conclude from this that IL
he continues the treatment depression
VIII continue also. It is quite possible
that when he has given up alcohol the
poisons in his body are circulating in his
blood on the way TO passing out by vari-
Gus outlets No wonder then that he is
depressed. When most of these poisons
have passed out, and when he has ceased
to add extra poisons. the depression may
De removed 1t Is fallacy to Judge by
immediate effects
My own recent experiment with alcohol
took some months to produce an APP
preciable effect upon my brain work and
" M
for regular exercise almost amount To a
craving