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... retired at
the age of fifty-five, after ...
BB p.32,
More About Alcoholism
An exceptional man, he
remained bone dry for twenty-five years and retired at the age of fifty-five, after a successful and happy business career.
2.
... retired business
man who lolls in the ...
BB p.61,
How It Works
He is like the retired business man who lolls in the Florida sunshine in the winter complaining of the sad state of the nation; the minister who sighs over the sins of the twentieth century; politicians and reformers who are sure all
would be Utopia if the rest
of the world would only behave; the outlaw safe cracker who thinks society has wronged him; and the alcoholic who has lost all
and is locked up.
3.
... retired, he
would not touch another drop.
BB p.32,
More About Alcoholism
He made up his mind that until he had been successful in business
and had retired, he would not touch another drop.
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