"Muddle" <berniesimmons@epix.net> wrote in message
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> "Tim Bruening" <tsbrueni@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
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>> Muddle wrote:
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>>> "Tim Bruening" <tsbrueni@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
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>>> >
>>> > DaveB wrote:
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>>> >> 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.
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>> I am seriously asking how you persuade an alcoholic to quit drinking.
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> It's called an intervention and usually consists of family, friends, a
> counselor and other interested parties.
> You basically lay it on the line telling them this is what they have and
> this is what they'll loose if they continue.
> Most people can't or won't quit till they hit their bottom, which is
> different for different people. You tell them what the progression of
> their drinking and behaviors will eventually lead to if they continue
> their current course of actions and tell them it doesn't have to be that
> way. Their is hope that they can keep their family, friends, drivers
> license, vehicles, home, children, stay out of jails, not be committed to
> institutions or die drunk etc.
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and Tim could you quit cross posting, theirs nothing humorous about a train
wreck that destroys people and their families.