NOT GIVEN TO MUCH WINE:

     1. One might ask himself/herself, Is my attitude one of doing
        just as little as I think that I can get by with?  Are we to
        do just what we "have to," and not do as much as we can do
        through good will and concern for others?

     2. If one is a social drinker, and the wife or husband is an
        recovering alcoholic, would that one say, "It is my right to
        keep wine in the house, and to drink it in moderation."
            Should we not be concerned lest we give someone else
        even an excuse to justify their continued drinking?

     3. One should want to influence as many other people for good
        as possible. If my "social drinking" influences someone else
        to start drinking, or to continue drinking, and some of
        these may become alcoholics, are we using our influence
        properly?

     4. We may lose influence with those who are opposed to drink,
        if we ourselves drink.

     5. Dr. Ivy states: "Let us inquire who is really responsible
        for the fact that the consumption of alcoholic beverages has
        created such a tremendous social evil in the U.S.A. The
        abstainers are not responsible. The heavy drinkers and
        alcoholics are not responsible because they are the worst
        advertisements that the consumption of alcoholic beverages
        have. What group then is responsible? It must be the
        occasional and moderate drinkers who can control their
        drinking. That is the group which glamorizes the social
        custom of drinking alcoholic beverages, and is responsible
        for the perpetuation of the huge public health and social
        problem."

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