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August 1961

Toper's Tale

Advice from a General

ALL alcoholics are well acquainted with the "Dutch courage" type of drinker, the guy who takes belt after belt because he thinks it gives him the nerve to do things he wouldn't do without a boost from old John Barleycorn. It rouses him to feats of great courage, he likes to believe. Well, that was me in my drinking days.

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