"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
>> news:47A02A3E.DD686154@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...
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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.
>
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.

"Muddle" <berniesimmons@epix.net> wrote in message
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> "Tim Bruening" <tsbrueni@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
> news:47A1679A.D7B2FD5A@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...
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>>
>> Muddle wrote:
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>>> "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.
>>
> 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.
>
and Tim could you quit cross posting, theirs nothing humorous about a train
wreck that destroys people and their families.