And if somebody cares for me, _I ought to care for myself_.' Here reform first commences.

In a few days, when free, to some extent, from alcohol, he is admitted to the freedom of the institution.

As he enters the reading-room, the library, the amusement, the gymnasium, dining-room and spacious halls, the conviction becomes stronger and stronger that somebody is interested in the inebriate, and he should be interested in himself.

Then comes the lessons of the superintendent.

He is taught that he cannot be reformed, but that he can reform himself.