Muddle wrote:

> "Tim Bruening" <tsbrueni@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
> news:47A02A3E.DD686154@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...
> >
> >
> > DaveB wrote:
> >
> >> On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 02:50:44 -0800 (PST), tsbrueni@dcn.davis.ca.us
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >Stephanie wrote:
> >> >> skylashai@gmail.com wrote:
> >> >> <SNIP>
> >> >> > I hate alcohol. I don't need it in my life, don't want it. My
> >> >> > doctor told me I was self-medicating for mild anxiety. I read a lot
> >> >> > and I know how dangerous it is, how it works, how insidious it is.
> >> >> > I
> >> >> > have tried AA twice and left very quickly. I decided I needed help
> >> >> > but the people at AA were smoking, and around their babies.
> >> >>
> >> >> "How to Quit Drinking without AA by Jerry Dorsman lists alternates
> >> >> from
> >> >> Rational Recovery, SOS to do-it-yourselferism. I am reading it now. It
> >> >> discusses why some people do not use AA.
> >> >
> >> >I am new here too. I have a coworker whose wife is an alcoholic.
> >> >When she drinks,
> >> >she turns violent. She recently bit his hand! This has caused the co-
> >> >worker to
> >> >consider divorcing her. How do I talk her into quitting?
> >>
> >>
> >> Quit what biting? Tell him to bite her back.
> >
> > Quit drinking!
> >
>
> Tim are you serious or is this a joke of yours.

I am seriously asking how you persuade an alcoholic to quit drinking.