Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-11
Stop Killing
Yourself
Don't be a successful,
By Dr.. Peter J. Steincrohn

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failure. :
Sometimes It Is better to be
healthy and considered Just an
average success. For some
people there is danger In try
ing to keep ones balance On
the top rung Of the ladder. I
recall many businessmen and
professional people who might
have prevented serious illness.
THEY WERE WARNED n
time, but insisted on climbing
to the very top rung. For them
it would have been better to
be content with grasping the
last rung rather than trying to
stand on it.
For example, consider to-
days letter.
Dear DR.. Steincrohn: /
wish you could knock some
sense into my husband. He's
like a top that won't stop spin
ming until 1t topples over In
exhaustion. He is now vice.
president Of his firm. We
have everything we want. But
he is slowly killing himself in
his efforts to become preSi-
dent. He is working ID to 20
hours q day. Our doctor says
his pressure Is mounting and
there's an ulcer In the works.
What can / do to stop him
before it's too late?-Mrs. B.
AS FAR AS I'M concerned,
I'm impressed by only one
kind Of affluence: good health.
/ consider the well-adjusted,
healthy man Of modest means
a greater success than the
president of a firm who has
picked up an ulcer and high
blood pressure on the way up.
of course, all successful
heads Of companies are not .
sick. / have known many who
took such striving and success
In stride. But too many like
your husband, Mrs. B., make
inordinate sacrifices for ad-
vancement. They become sue
cessful failures. On the way
up they are broken by coro-
nary disease, apprehension,
ulcer.
/ agree It Is q difficult Job ?
trying to convince such per-
sons that the brakes are Just
as important as the accelera-
tor. Only after the crash (h
they survive III win you hear
the common lament: what
a fool I've been. Lord, give
me Just one more chance
Never apain!"
Never? Hardly ever. =
The good resolutions are
made early: before the acct
dent. After the crash is much
too late. =
Tell your husband these
things, Mrs. B. II he has any
sense be will slow down. II
he hasn't, bis blood pressure
will rise as be rises; and bis
ulcer will become full-blown.
Keep trying, Mrs. B. Some.
day he will appreciate how
much you are attempting to
help him. When he says, stop
nagging," don't let that deter
you. It Is better for q hus-
band to be nagged into COM
mon sense by a loving wife,
than to be nagged for the rest
Of his days by the obstinate
pains Of an ulcer.
Mrs. T.: Yes, premenstruaK
tension can be alleviated. Your
doctor viii know Of medicines
which viii help. They remove
excess fluid and also act as
tranquilizers during that Pc
Rod every month when you
are plagued by headaches, de-
preston and excessive ten, Z
sion. They are harmless, and
such medicines are worth try
ing. Why, as you say, "be ,
difficult to live with" when
there may be a remedy for
your discomforts?
AtE
Mrs. Y: It Is true that in
digestion is sometimes one Of
the first symptoms Of heart
disease. It may come long
before pain, shortness Of
breath, cough, leg swelling
and other symptoms. :
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Tomorrow: Lucky break. -