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A LAYMAN LOOKS AT ALCOHOL

A LAYMAN LOOKS AT ALCOHOL The British Journal of Inebriety BY SIR ADOLPHE ABRAHAMS, 0. B.E., M.D., F.R.C.P. Physician to Westminster Hospital, Consulting Physician to L.C.C. Hospitals, etc. THE title of this unpretentious communication is an attempt to indicate the position of the tyro among experts, of the amateur among professionals. And although technically I am not a lay- man, I can use that designation for the present purpose to re- pudiate any claim to special knowledge or experience. I feel that on this basis I am in a position to sympathize with the average man and to express his sentiments and his point of view upon a subject of profound individual and national importance. No in- telligent person can deny or be indifferent to the dreadful results of alcoholic excess. To avoid such results total abstinence is a logical solution. Logical enough, but, asks the average man, is it practicable? In a perfect world there would be no necessity for alcohol. But the world is unhappily very far from perfect. Thousands of In a perfect world there would be no wars. millions of pounds expended upon munitions and the training of armed forces could be diverted to peaceful application for the happiness of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Addiction Wiley

A LAYMAN LOOKS AT ALCOHOL

ABRAHAMS, ADOLPHE
Addiction , Volume 43 (1) – Jul 1, 1945
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Copyright © 1945 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
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10.1111/j.1360-0443.1945.tb05436.x
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The British Journal of Inebriety BY SIR ADOLPHE ABRAHAMS, 0. B.E., M.D., F.R.C.P. Physician to Westminster Hospital, Consulting Physician to L.C.C. Hospitals, etc. THE title of this unpretentious communication is an attempt to indicate the position of the tyro among experts, of the amateur among professionals. And although technically I am not a lay- man, I can use that designation for the present purpose to re- pudiate any claim to special knowledge or experience. I feel that on this basis I am in a position to sympathize with the average man and to express his sentiments and his point of view upon a subject of profound individual and national importance. No in- telligent person can deny or be indifferent to the dreadful results of alcoholic excess. To avoid such results total abstinence is a logical solution. Logical enough, but, asks the average man, is it practicable? In a perfect world there would be no necessity for alcohol. But the world is unhappily very far from perfect. Thousands of In a perfect world there would be no wars. millions of pounds expended upon munitions and the training of armed forces could be diverted to peaceful application for the happiness of

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