I Was an Alcoholic: The Story of a Cure by Patrick Ridell - SIGNED

I Was an Alcoholic The Story of a Cure by Patrick Ridell This book is a first printing from 1955 with the original dust jacket and has been inscribed by the author. The inscription reads: ”To Malcolm Wallis, from his nephew and friend, the author, Patrick Riddell/ September, 1955 — Just as Marty Mann's "Primer on Alcoholism" has proved invaluable to the friends and relatives of alco-holics, so, we hope, will the present book be of high service to alcoholics themselves. Mr. Riddell's story will profoundly interest, also, the general reader: it leads you on from page to page. — When Patrick Riddell was twenty-two, he had his first alcoholic drink. From that time onwards he was a hopeless alcoholic, until twenty years later-seven years ago— he was completely cured. He has never had a drink since. He has written his book to help those who are similarly afflicted, and to make it easier for their families and other people to understand the nature of alcoholism. Mr. Riddell is an Ulsterman a