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Paley attempted group hypnotherapy with a few chronic alcoholics. He hoped that hypnosis might provide a favorable vehicle for initiating treatment, since hypnosis requires an act of psychic surrender which is necessary in the treatment of alcoholics. The therapeutic results were not startling but were favorable enough to warrant further testing of this procedure.