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Nathaniel Currier - The Drunkards Progress - From the First Glass to the Grave (1846)

Lithograph in support of the temperance movement, a social movement from the 19th century to reduce alcohol consumption through abstinence and prohibition.

Step 1. A glass with a friend.
Step 2. A glass to keep the cold out.
Step 3. A glass too much.
Step 4. Drunk and riotous.
Step 5. The summit attained. Jolly companions. A confirmed drunkard.
Step 6. Poverty and disease.
Step 7. Forsaken by friends.
Step 8. Desperation and crime.
Step 9. Death by suicide.