December 3

December 3 – AM          Page 42, More About Alcoholism, Chapter 3

“Two of the members of Alcoholics Anonymous came to see me.  They grinned, which I didn’t like so much, and then asked me if I thought myself alcoholic and if I were really licked this time.  I had to concede both propositions.  They piled on me heaps of evidence to the effect that an alcoholic mentality, such as I had exhibited in Washington, was a hopeless condition.  They cited cases out of their own experience by the dozen.  This process snuffed out the last flicker of conviction that I could do the job myself.

December 3 – PM          Page 133-134, The Family Afterward, Chapter 9

One of the many doctors who had the opportunity of reading this book in manuscript form told us that the use of sweets was often helpful, of course depending upon a doctor’s advice.  He thought all alcoholics should constantly have chocolate available for its quick energy value at times of fatigue.  He added that occasionally in the night a vague craving arose which would be satisfied by candy.  Many of us have noticed a tendency to eat sweets and have found this practice beneficial.