Some years ago there lived a man who decided to give up drinking until he could make a million dollars

Some years ago there lived a man who decided to give up drinking until he could make a million dollars, at which time he intended to drink in moderation. It took him five years - of sobriety -to make the million; then he began his 'moderate' drinking. In two or three years he lost all his money, and in another three he died of alcoholism."