Project Gutenberg 2009-07-02 Public domain in the USA. 77 Blythe, Samuel G. (Samuel George) 1868 1947 14011573 The Old Game: A Retrospect After Three and a Half Years on the Water-wagon 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 65691 65700 2024-09-12T13:47:26.448807 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 96077 2024-09-12T13:47:29.889809 application/epub+zip 94222 2024-09-12T13:47:27.746786 application/epub+zip 94223 2024-09-12T13:47:26.943802 application/epub+zip 274786 2024-09-12T13:47:31.548809 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 260860 2024-09-12T13:47:29.347757 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 131374 2022-09-13T14:36:42.056978 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 55981 55771 2024-09-12T13:47:26.227781 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 20037 2024-09-12T13:47:31.684758 application/rdf+xml 23688 2024-09-12T13:47:27.288745 image/jpeg 4622 2024-09-12T13:47:27.115760 image/jpeg 93746 2024-09-12T13:47:26.455816 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