La Junta tribune., 1910-03-05

'u WIN Cain eut0orIty, Inc 1ouo-
lie with you is that you drink too
much" then I saw at last that !
shoud have to call = halt. He knew
more about alcohol-and about me-
too-than dh.
was amused, and l was angry also
A sensible man Of my sort victim
OF drink, after all. 1t was absurd.
But it seemed to be true.
decided to try the experiment Of
stopping entirely. Now. 1t must be
remembered that man approaching
middle age does not like to break In
upon his regular habits. and that one
OF my regular habits for years had
been cocktail or two before dinner.
wine or whiskey and water At dinner.
and few more drinks before bed.
time. This was almost a. fixed as
my habit Of refraining from stimulant
TO work on. In fact. never took
anything In business hours at all, and
rarely at luncheon. 1t was no won.
der that looked forward to the
carrying out OF this decision as some
thing of an ordeal.
Well. might now boast Of how
Severe the struggle was. how brave.
ly fought. and how I triumphantly
CDnuuprat ahnuipu u,hat vtronu
Will | have. But AZ q matter of fact
and personal history. that was not
the way OF 1t at all. | stopped drink.
Ing did not enjoy the process. but
II was not hard. The terrible crav.
Ing one aways hears Of was conspic-
nous for its absence. The deprivation
was tnconvenient. unpleasant, a great
nuisance. caught my subconscious
SELF looking forward to a drink at
The end OF long day just as n
woman looks forward to her cup OF
afternoon tea. But I doubt II 1t were
any harder for me to leave off my
form of stimulation that for the av-
erage tea-drinker to leave off his or
hers. In my case, stopping coffee at
breakfast would be 4 far more for.
midabie undertaking, and giving up
M cigar afterward even worse
While all this may be disappointing
TO tanatics. who are few. 1t may be
encouraging TO moderate drinkers
who are many. and who may look
upon stopping AZ something too dif-
fouit to attempt.
Nor should 1t be supposed that |
an an exception. So many men are
waking up to the folly OF alcohol as
= daily beverage that every third or
fourth friend run across nowadays.
In the half dozen clubs | frequent in
town and In the country. is "on the
water wagon" In more than one OF
thcse clubs the falling off In bar re-
ceipts is becoming q serious finan.
cial consideration. take pains to
question these friends about II. and
amost without exception the answer
10 The same: NO II wasn't hard
at all after l made up my mind to IT,
Tn exceptions who profess to be hAv
ins . dreadful time Of II are usually
Young men-excessively young. Your
average active. useful citizen has
learned TO discipline himself In 30
many ways. 10 energize at the top
notch OF capacity. whether he feels
like II" or not. to postpone or xacri-
flee his pleasure entirely. that when
/, comes to foregoing one more. the
mere luxury Of drinking. he generally
goes ahead and does II. feeling rather
surprised that II In NO easy.
Why Moderate Drinking Does Not
Pay.
II should be borne In mind that
atn not dealing with confirmed drunk.
drinking that has become an
orEanic necessity. Inebriety is a di.
case. ~ much so AZ tuberculosis,
and must be 80 considered and treat.
I'd. ] Am dealing with the custom Of
Thinking ~ It u practiced by the
grsat majority Of men who drink At
all. And for that very reason. I think
hat testimony like mine should be
snsgestivs and valuable. ! have ab.
solutsay no prejudice against the Gus.
ON; and yet. though ! never abused
L., socially speaking. I am stui =
4 orshipef Of Dtonysus from ATARI.
- Hst hesitate 70 declare that
me6@sts drinking docs not pay. I
; ave ts3e6 H. know. No one can
tell No anything about ~ joys and
satioeastie0s. have also tried total
aose1NeWea. A. . consequence. I fssl
eettse. siesp bsttsr. ~eek bsttsr. enjoy
II mnnAA aAA kaNA LAAAAaaAA ~