THE DRINK HABIT
Question—How shall I treat one who is an alcoholic?

ANSWER—The spirit within this man is the answer. The spirit of man is the Spirit of God, and it cannot long for anything. There is nothing in him that feels incomplete or inferior. His whole being is satisfied. He has both a conscious and subjective knowledge of reality. He feels equal to any and every situation, and knows that he does not have to take any stimulant of any nature whatsoever to give him satisfaction or to produce happiness. He is conscious that he is happy in his own right, complete and perfect in his own being, divine and whole right now. There is no lure nor imagination, no enticement, no suggestion in the thought of alcohol or false stimulants. They are neither person, place nor thing, have no law of their own, are absolutely non-intelligent, and cannot assail this man's imagination nor cross his mind. There is no subjective and no objective habit of alcoholism. The spirit within this man is radiant. It does not remember ever having had any desire to drink. It cannot contemplate any such desire. It is forever removed from any such desire. This man is not p0isoning his own thought and his own life; he is happy and complete in his own consciousness; he is now free, and will forever remain free.

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A NORMAL CHILD
Question—I am asking you to help me to solve a problem which I have been trying to solve for the past few years. It is in reference to my son, who is now the age to get out in the business world, but somehow there has been something which has held him back mentally all these years. As it is every mother's desire to have her child normal in every way, I ask your help.

ANSWER—You state rather positively that "something has held him back mentally." Whatever the stumbling block has (page 97) been, it appears to have been accepted by your mind as a real impediment. The truth about your boy is that he is a perfect idea in the great Universal Harmony, and as such he is active, progressive, mentally alert and responsive. The thing for you to do is to declare the truth about him TO YOURSELF. YOU must wipe out the mental picture you have carried "all these years" if you really want him to take his place in the world. Know without shadow of doubt, that all the mental keenness there is, is an active faculty of his mind. Know that Divine Mind knows him as an active, successful, progressive part of Itself, and that It COMPELS him to think, say and do the right thing at the right time.

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