| 1 | You must take into account the boy's long illness. | |
| 2 | If you use the fallacy of saying, 'Oh, well, it's over now,' then you can easily rationalize taking the next drink and the next and the next and it will be a relapse. | |
| 3 | Use various drills to build, to refine, or reinforce different stroke phases, but remember drills should be taught" as another stroke"- drill perfection is required to teach perfect technique. |