I am a railroad man of thirty odd years' experience. I have occupied various positions of trust, which for the last twenty years have been on a gradually declining scale. I have been going down, from one position to another, the last being invariably lower than its predecessor.
The cause of this decline was the liquor habit, as the different "cures" describe it. The addiction was deep-set and seemingly impossible for me to overcome. I tried every known way to break up the habit, but without avail. I took the best known "cure" twice, also two others, only to relapse into the old bondage and sink to still lower depths.
About four years ago my sister broached the subject of Christian Science to me, to be laughed at for her kindness. I was a scoffer of the scoffers. Christian Science for an old railroad man! absurd!
