The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-21
THE CRAVING

From here to the initials in par enthesis this is a letter from a reader:
 My husband Is a victim of al- coholism. I wrote to you two years ago and you recommended Dr. Lambert's method of treatment. My husband kept saying that he could give up the liquor habit without the treatment, but the last nine months he has gotten worse than ever.
 He goes a week or ten days without it and then goes on three or four day spell. He drinks on the job, and consequently lost a very good job. That has only made him worse.
 August IS he decided to take your treatment (meaning the Lam- bert treatnent). He entered the hospital at ..., we lived near there until recently. He was under a good physician who started the treatment at once. My husband re- acted to the medicine in 2h days. The doctor was astonished that he reacted SO quickly, but did not ex- plain to us what that meant. He merely stopped the medicine, kept him four days, then told him he could go.
 A week after. he came home my husband did some hard work, still felt little weak from the medicine, so he turned to alcohol to pep him up. Once he got started he kept on as usual. Next day when spoke to him about it, he said he had intended not to take that first drink, but claimed he only craves it after he has had several. How ever, he seems to get the craving regularly, and then he planes me for all the little things I've done or failed to do-he gives these as the reason.
 When he reacted to that medi- cine so quickly, doesn't it signify that it is just a matter of him making up his mind to leave al- cohol alone?
 In, the hospital he kept asking the doctor if he didn't think change of environment would help him. Well, four weeks ago we moved to another state, and two days after we arrived there my husband came home with some thing to drink, and has been at 1t ever since. We are living with my relatives now. Our great worry is that my husband may have a wreck, driving while under the in- fiuence. He always wants our young son to ride with him.
 I can't see any future would you turn such a person out into the world? (Mrs. M. E. J0
 Yes, such a person should be turned out into the world if the in- nocent victims, his family and rela- tives, are unable to obtain from a court of record an order commit ting him to an institution for treatment, l
 Why should such a defective or degenerate ruin the lives of his family, dependents, relatives or friends?
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 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
 Calcium Carbonate
 Have been taking calcium carbon ate for indigestion. Find it not only a great relief, but it has seemed to benefit hay fever to which I have been subject for years. Also I am allergic to some fruits and it has seemed to correct that sensi- tivity too. Would calcium lactate be as effective? I thought it might be better, as I am inclined to be coStive. c. H. K.)
 Answer-It would be all right to substitute calcium lactate or call cium gluconate or di-valcium phos- phate for the hay fever and allergy, but the carbonate is preferable as an anti-acd. Send a stamped envelope bearing your address and ask for monograph on High Calcium Diet, Calcium Feeding, the Vftamins Everybody Needs,