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The mild use of tobacco and the mild indulgence in alcohol are better in the end than the sudden breaking away from them under the spell of a hypnotic "cure." For in the one case the addict still has some room left for the development of self-control, whereas in the other, not only has he none but he is liable either to relapse again or else to divert his addiction into some other channel which may be not less harmful and may even be more.

-- Notebooks Category 10: Healing of the Self > Chapter 4 : Healers of The Body and Mind > # 119 -- Perspectives > Chapter 10: Healing of the Self > # 26