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July 1972

The Slip That Didn't Happen

Where he had failed before, Antabuse forced him to wait until the crisis had passed

THE KINDLY DOCTOR told me, "You are going to die, and it's a shame. Aside from liver damage, you still have your basic health. But at your age, deterioration will be rapid if you continue to drink alcoholically. In your case, the future may be particularly grim--a painful existence confined to a wheel-chair, with impaired eyesight. All due to alcohol."

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