An Easy Way to Stop It
William Penn was once urging a man he knew to stop drinking to excess, when the man suddenly asked:
“Can you tell me of an easy way to do it?”
“Yes,” Penn replied readily, “it is just as easy as to open thy hand, friend.”
“Convince me of that,” the man exclaimed, “and I will promise upon my honor to do as you tell me.”
“Well, my friend,” Penn answered, “whenever thee finds a glass of liquor in thy hand, open that hand before the glass touches thy lips, and thee will never drink to excess again.”
The man was so struck by the simplicity of the great Quaker’s advice that he followed it and reformed.