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October 1958

Bachelors Suffer Less. . .

Brazil

ALTHOUGH I know perfectly well, on the basis of my own experience, that every active alcoholic suffers a great deal--whatever his marital status--I believe that the suffering of a husband and father who surrenders himself to the curse of alcohol is considerably greater. I reached this conclusion after comparing the long period of time during which I was a bachelor drinker with the two years I spent completely enveloped in the depths of alcoholism after marrying and becoming a father.

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