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THE
PHILOSOPHY OF
DRUNKENNESS
Earle William Gape, In Power 1
nntl Polso, says:
Tho condition known na drunken
ness is produced by alcohol, and Is
an abnormal psychological state. f
Drunkenness Is In many cases a i
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Is primarily a psychological disease,
or a disease of the mind.
As a disease of the mind It is
functional, and comprises three ab
normal conditions: (1) a paralysis I
of the inhibitory power of tho will; I
(2) a temporary amnesia; (3) n'
temporary affective and Intellective I
modification of the personality. i
Drunkenness is a species of sim-1
pie insanity; the drunkard is insane 1
on one subject drink. The mind j
of the drunkard is unbalanced, bo-1
cause lie thinks nothing but whisky, '
and lie cannot think anything else. 1
He drinks whisky because he thinks
whisky. Stop his thinking whisky,
or change the current of his (
thoughts, and ho will stop drinking
it, and ho never will stop drinking
whisky until he stops thinking
about It.
While the general effects of alco
holic liquors on individuals aro i
various, they may be generalized un- (
der two heads: (1) being under the
inlluencc of liquor; (2) being j
drunk. A person is under the in
fluence when ho has taken one
drink. Tho effect continues, it ho ,
keeps on drinking, until ho is
drunk. 1
A person may bo drunk in two ,
ways: (1) mentally (drunk in the'
head); (2) physically (drunk in the
legs). A person Is drunk mentally
when his recollection is paralyzed,
or when temporary amnesia ensues. I
Ho is drunk physically whenever j
muscular co-ordination is impaired,
or whenever he experiences a paresis j
or partial paralysis of a group of
muscles generally those of tho low-'
or extremities. A person can be
drunk physically and not mentally, '
and vice versa, or he can be drunk
both physically and mentally at the
same time. j
Tho causes of drunkenness are:
(a) direct and (b) indirect. Thef o 1
is only one direct cause alcohol. '
The Indirect causes are: (a) princi-'
pal, (b) auxiliary. j
The principal Indirect causes are: I
(a) constitution, (b) depressed j
states of the system, (c) emotional (
state of the system, as joy.
Tho auxiliary causes are: (a) I
money, (b) customs of sociability,
(c) association.
By constitution is meant that or-,
ganlzatlon of a person which makes
him susceptible or unsusceptible to
the action of alcohol. It Is a law j
that a poison acts with different !
effects, not only on animals of dlf- j
fcrent genera and species, but also
on Individuals of tho relative species.
Alcohol as a poison Is not an ex
ception to this law. Some persons
aVo very susceptible to tho power of
alcohol, others quite to tho oppo
site. As a general rule, periodical
drunkards aro most susceptible, one
drink with the larger majority of
them being sufficient to cause them
10 lose all control of themselves.
In other words, ono drink will total
ly paralyze the inhibitory power of
their will.
A depressed state of tho system
1b probably one of the most fre
quent of tho auxiliary causes. Every
person at times experiences a de
pression a weakness. This depres
sion is a circumstance which sug
gests stimulation or a desire for
something that would brace up tho
entire system. A person who knows
no remedy can think of none; but
with tho drinker It Is entirely differ
ent, ho knows a remedy. His do
pressed state of feeling Is a circum
stance which suggests his remedy,
whisky, and ho begins to think
whisky, and ho drinks whisky.
When the effect of the whisky be
gins to die out, a renewed and In
creased depression occurs, and tho
remedy, whisky, is taken. Tho op
posite auxiliary causes are so woll
renowned that they need no com
ment Drunkards are of two kinds, con
tinuous and periodic. Other classes
might bo given, and they can be re
duced to these two. Tho continuous
is one who drinks to excess every
time ho has an opportunity. Ho
Is never sick from tho effects of
drinking. The porlodic vacillates
between two extremes. He Is eith
er a teetotaler or a drunkard. Tho
periodic drinker, whon once ho starts
to drink, never stops until sickness
overtakes and overpowers him. His
spree ends In a spell of sickness. It
Is this sickness that constitutes tho
different factions of periodic and
continuous drinkers.
Tho sickness experienced by tho
periodic drinker is a circumstance
sufficiently powerful to change tho
current of his thoughts, whisky. Ho
has no other thoughts. Day and
night, night and day, ho thinks
whisky, and drinks It. Sickness
overtakes him, and now ho thinks
about recovery. This thought Is far
moro powerful than that of drink.
His mind Is Impressed in a different
way. Through this Impression tho
thought force Is changed, and ho
stops drinking, and does not touch
it until the next spree overtakes
hlra. If, by chance, or from the
Increased resisting power of. alcohol,
tho periodic drinker becomes only a
very llttlo sick, or scarcely sick,
then tho Interim between tho sprees
grows shorter nnd tho sprees longer,
until ho finally drifts Into a continu
ous drunkard. To this thero is no
exception.
Tho question may bo asked: Why
does the periodic drinker commence
to drink, or what Btarts htm to
drink? This question is easily and
plainly nnswered psychologically:
Tho porlodic drunkard never stops
drinking until a circumstnnco arises
which Is of sufficient power to causa
him lo stop thinking or drink. On
the other hand, ho will never com
mence to drink again until circum
stances arise which cnuso him to
think drink. This circumstauco
might bo depression of tho system,
emotional excitement, such as Joy,
good feeling, possession of money,
etc.
Whatever tho circumstance, It Is
always of such a nature as to sug
gest stimulation, which suggests the
thought of whisky, which prompts
him to drink. Sometimes tho cir
cumstance may be of such minor
Importance to ono on tho outside as
not to permit recognition. Again,
tho clrcumstnnces aro oftentimes so
trivial to tho drinker himself that
ho hates to tell it for fear of being
subjected to ridicule.
Dut whatever the circumstance, it
Is always sulllclontly powerful to
change tho current of his thought,
to think of whisky. The moment ho
begins to think whisky, then ho has
what he terms a desire for it, and
tho more intense tho thought, the
more the craving for liquor.
It should be distinctly understood
thnt craving for whisky is in direct
propostion to the thought. Tho
thoughts aro first, the craving after
ward. At first the periodic drinker
will, as he calls it. "fight it off for a
day or two." This thinking whisky
and lighting it off intensities the
thought of whisky, because he Is
thinking, not with a determination
to annihilate tho idea of whisky, but,
but. sometimes unconsciously, and
oftentimes consciously, of develop
ing the thinking of whisky. He
vacillates between thinking that a
drink will do him good, and then
again that it will be a menace to
his health.
In his last stages he comes to the
conclusion that a drink will do him
no harm, because he will take only
the ono drink. The moment ho
reaches this last of the series of
thoughts, he is lost, as he will soon
take that "ono" drink. Deing very
susceptible to tho influence of alco-.
hoi that iirst drink performs the
work of ruin. In less than live min
utes after taking that first drink it
has permeated every part of the
system. An indescribable feeling
of delight, of vigor, of joy, or a new
life of energy, is experienced.
Uvery cell in his body is possessed
with a magic buoyancy, and he di
rectly feels so brimful of exhilera
tlon that he can hardly contain him
self. At tho same time tho inhibi
tory power of the will suffers paraly
sis, and being now under the con
trol of its impulsive power, he con
tinues to drink, and before ho con
ceives tho fact he is drunk, In which
state he will remain until sickness
seizes him. Thereafter he is liq
uor's "bound-untli-death" slave.
WIPING OUT SECTIONALISM.
Altoona's Grand Army men made
u very effective and tactful com
ment upon Senator Gordon's already
celebrated farewell speech, when
they nttended a Confederate veteran
to his grave ono day last week.
John Gains had fought under
General Hill in the armies of tho
south, but, like Senator Gordon, lie
had lost whatever bitterness he may
have felt in thoso days and had be
come a loyal citizen of the whole
republic, anxious that former dif
ferences should be forgot and old
wounds healed.
Most of the ex-rebels are that way
now. You recall Colonel Gordon's
homely way of expressing It in the
Senate the other day:
I do want to bring about peace.
1 am an old Confederate; you are
old veterans, perhaps. Wo dis
agreed, and you were tho victors;
but wo still think our generals
were good men and our people
were good people; and wo do not
dispute that yours were Just as
good as ours. Our people down
south are not quarreling over these
things at all. Wo have u few
blabmouthed fellows that always
want to make a fuss, but they are
not oven wortli "cussing." So I
will not use any invectives against
them. Wo have them down south,
but thoy aro not my sort, and I
have got moro Influonco with tho
peoplo than they have. I talk
with them as I talk to you. 1 toll
thorn tho truth and tho facts, aud
I tell them wo havo friends here.
Gains, too, folt that tho Mason
njid Dixon lino was an. Iniquitous
ilctlon. Although ho lived in tho
south, ho was not ashamed that ho
had fought for his convictions in
tho south. Ho fought honestly, was
fairly vanquished and freely forgave
tho victors. Ono of his dying re
quests was that thoy should act as
his pallbearers. Not only did tho
Grand Army veterans bear him to
his last rostlng placo, but tho posts
turned out as strongly as thoy would
havo done to ono of thoir own dead
As a matter of fact, Gainos WAS
ono of them, for a soldier is a sold
ier, and an honorablo war record
long survives a dead cause. Tele
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