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Of course, if you are in the habit of taking a certain amount of alcoholic liquors each day, the writer does not ask that you immediately cease this indulgence, though if one is possessed of the necessary will-power to do this recovery will be much quicker because of the abstinence.

This method, however, requires great strength of will, and is not by any means necessary. You can be cured without suffering from this wild craving. The writer will tell you just how it can be done.

First take up the method of treatment advised here. Read very, very carefully the chapter on Diet; follow accurately the instructions as to exercise, bathing, clothing, fresh air, etc., etc.

After you have begun to follow these rules gradually lessen by one every day or two the number of daily drinks. When you are taking only one each day, try to make it one every other day, then one every third day, after which you will probably find no difficulty in leaving it alone altogether. The