Habits That Handicap by Charles Towns - First Printing - 1915

Habits That Handicap

by

Charles Towns

1915

Habits That Handicap by Charles B. Towns. Copyright page indicates that this book is a First Printing and was published in August 1915. The year 1915 is labeled on the title page.

Charles Towns is well known in the recovery community as he owned the hospital that AA cofounder Bill Wilson checked into and received treatment from Dr. Silkworth as well as had his spiritual experience in the hospital. Towns was also instrumental in the growth of Alcoholics Anonymous by investing in and loaning money to Bill Wilson to get the First Printing Big Book printed in 1939.

You can learn more about this book in this excerpt from the Preface below:

Some years ago, Mr. Charles B. Towns came to me with a letter from Dr. Alexander Lambert and claimed that he had a way of stopping the morphia habit.

The claim seemed to me an entirely impossible statement, and I told Mr. Towns so; but at Dr. Lambert's suggestion, I promised to look into the matter.

Accordingly, I visited Mr. Towns's hospital, and watched the course of treatment there at different times in the day and night. I became convinced that the withdrawal of morphine was accomplished under this treatment with vastly less suffering than that entailed by any other treatment or method I had ever seen. Subsequently, I sent Mr. Towns several patients, who easily and quickly were rid of their morphia addiction, and have now remained well for a number of years.“

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This book is in very good condition. The cover shows some minor wear. There is no handwriting or markings in the book.