How to get rid of the vices of alcoholism and drug addiction

“As its destructive effect is felt after the fever, so the storm rages in the soul and body of the drunkard, even though the drunkenness has passed. The mutilated body lies weakened like a boat wrecked in a storm, and the soul is even poorer, because even in a weakened body, a storm rises and lust burns. Just as after the calming of the bora, traces of the destructive effect of the sea waves remain, so it is here. Just as the cargo of a boat is there, so here all the property is thrown out. If anyone has gained chastity, shyness, meekness, calmness, then all that drunkenness has thrown him into the sea of ​​ungodliness… “

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Edition: 2015