Project Gutenberg 2009-07-02 Public domain in the USA. 57 Blythe, Samuel G. (Samuel George) 1868 1947 14011573 The Old Game: A Retrospect After Three and a Half Years on the Water-wagon Reading ease score: 74.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Old Game: A Retrospect After Three and a Half Years on the Water-wagon" by Samuel G. Blythe is a reflective account written in the early 20th century. This work falls under the category of personal memoir and provides insight into the author's experiences and observations regarding alcohol consumption and the journey of abstinence from drinking. The book likely explores the personal and social implications of giving up alcohol, highlighting the contrasts between the conviviality of drinking and the perceived benefits of sobriety. In this memoir, Blythe shares his perspective after three and a half years of sobriety, reflecting on the "old game" of drinking and the new game of abstinence. He examines what he gained and lost during his transition to a non-drinking lifestyle, acknowledging both the physical and mental toll that alcohol took on him and his peers. Through candid observations, he describes encounters with friends, societal expectations surrounding drinking, and the adjustments he had to make in his social life. Blythe ultimately concludes that quitting alcohol has led to improved health and a more fulfilling use of time, arguing that the mental clarity and personal freedom derived from sobriety far outweigh the fleeting pleasures of drinking. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Temperance HV Text Browsing: Drugs/Alcohol/Pharmacology Browsing: Sociology 65699 65700 2024-10-12T14:56:17.889670 2023-09-13T06:02:48.238355 text/html text/html 63600 2009-07-02T13:29:32 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 23226 2009-07-02T13:29:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 126695 2024-10-12T14:56:24.110631 application/epub+zip 124676 2024-10-12T14:56:21.531644 application/epub+zip 89201 2024-10-12T14:56:20.146649 application/epub+zip 318009 2024-10-12T14:56:25.955650 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 304083 2024-10-12T14:56:23.269659 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 131374 2022-09-13T14:36:42.056978 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 55981 55771 2024-10-12T14:56:17.485658 2023-09-13T06:02:48.035339 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 55704 2009-07-02T13:29:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 21645 2009-07-02T13:29:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 55696 2009-07-02T13:29:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21624 2009-07-02T13:29:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21402 2024-10-12T14:56:26.079611 application/rdf+xml 23878 2024-10-12T14:56:20.844646 image/jpeg 4657 2024-10-12T14:56:20.529658 image/jpeg 122024 2024-10-12T14:56:17.896670 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia