addiction. There is no
need for tapering off.

Stopping drinking, unlike smoking, doesn't involve merely the creation
of a physical aversion to the drug. The patient's entire personality
should be changed and more mature viewpoints substituted for the
unrealistic and infantile viewpoints which lead to the addiction in the
first place. The subject should give himself suggestions that he will be
able to "face up" to the problems of every day life without recourse to
the crutch of alcohol. It is a well-known fact that nothing is as bad as
we think it is going to be once we confront it.

One of the strange aspects of drinking is that it is actually a form of
self-hypnosis, and the cure lies in substituting a new viewpoint for the
old. This fact can be demonstrated by the fact that drinking is begun in
the first place so that the individual can be "one of the boys" or
because it is the thing to do. Those who do not drink, at least as a
social lubricant, according to this code, are "squares." Because of
this, self-hypnosis must be directed toward reorienting one's sense of
values. Sober reflection should convince anyone that the truly
intelligent person does not drink to excess.

Nail biting is an unsightly habit, one that may even hinder one's social
acceptance. The help lies in a therapeutic approach similar to that for
cigarettes.

It is not hard to predict that many of those reading these pages are
suffering from overweight. With 30 million Americans in this category,
it has become one of the nation's chief health problems, and it is the
predisposing factor in many other diseases such as heart trouble,
diabetes, hypertension and atherosclerosis. If you are overweight, it is
well to remember that (unless you are one in a million) you cannot
blame your glands. The plain truth is that you eat too much.

We know today that overeating for some is an emotional problem, stemming
from feelings of rejection and insecurity. Individuals who feel unloved,
whether this is truly the case or not, make up for this lack to
themselves by stuffing in large quantities of food. It would even appear
that these people are masochistic, making themselves even more unloved
by their gross gastronomical habits. A big factor in overweight in women
is "raiding the refrigerator" while doing their housework. Most of them
do this so unconsciously that they swear they eat less than most people.

There are a number of appetite-curbing drugs on the m