Excerpt from Alcohol: Its Influence on Mind and Body The average man drinks for one or more of three reasons. First, because he kws better or has been wrongly informed or maliciously misinformed: Second, because the enemy, his friends, insist on his being a good fellow, and he hasn't the gumption to realize that good fellowship begins at home: and, Third, because his alcoholized body cells crave narcotics. The average man has had little opportunity, except by referring to highly technical foreign works, of kwing that even the smallest amount of alcohol reduces his efficiency in clear thinking, in quickness of eye, ear, and brain; in all those tasks, coordinating muscle and mind, that make up the complex fabric of industrial activities. He has always believed that alcohol is a stimulant. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art techlogy to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.