One of my co-workers has a severally alcoholic wife. In counseling him,
I have come up with a number of "stop drinking" slogans: Break free of
the bottle that is holding you prisoner/captive/is ruining your life!

I will not drink TODAY! (repeat every day).

Rebel against the bottle!

Dear God, please give me the strength every day to not drink alcohol.

God indeed is my savior; I am confident and unafraid. My strength and
courage is the LORD, and he has been my savior. (Isaiah 12:2 in the New
American Bible (Catholic).

I can do all things in Christ which stengtheneth me (Phillipians 4:13).

If ye have faith...nothing shall be impossible unto you (Matthew 17:20).

If God be for us, who can be against us? (Romans 8:31).

Throw your heart over the bar, and your body will follow.

A bottle cannot make love to you.

Other ideas: Keep pictures of loved ones in you wallet and look at them
whenever you feel an urge to drink.

Wear a cross (or Crescent or Star of David) and grasp it whenever you
feel an alcohol craving.

Put up bulletin boards saying "Don't Drink!"

Tim Bruening wrote:
> One of my co-workers has a severally alcoholic wife. In counseling him,
> I have come up with a number of "stop drinking" slogans: Break free of
> the bottle that is holding you prisoner/captive/is ruining your life!
>
> I will not drink TODAY! (repeat every day).
>
> Rebel against the bottle!
>
> Dear God, please give me the strength every day to not drink alcohol.
>
> God indeed is my savior; I am confident and unafraid. My strength and
> courage is the LORD, and he has been my savior. (Isaiah 12:2 in the New
> American Bible (Catholic).


> I can do all things in Christ which stengtheneth me (Phillipians 4:13).

Why make a career or a religious conversion out of it? Your friends
wife need only to admit that she is powerless over alcohol and that her
life has become unmanageable. Having identified the problem...., the
solution is simple. Quit. That will "strengtheneth" her more than a
bunch of slogans.

If she hasn't *reached* the point of understanding the impact/cost of
her drinking the slogans will just be a useless pain in the ass.

On Feb 2, 7:21*pm, Tim Bruening <tsbru...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote:
> I can do all things in Christ which stengtheneth me (Phillipians 4:13).

She could wear a hair shirt and chain herself to the bed a la Matt
Talbot.
Jimbo

On Sat, 02 Feb 2008 16:21:26 -0800, Tim Bruening
<tsbrueni@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote:

>
>Put up bulletin boards saying "Don't Drink!"

That'll do it... Prez Nancy ... almost wiped drug addiction off the
map with ...*Just Say No!*

On Sun, 03 Feb 2008 00:50:01 GMT, "F.H." <connectu2@verizon.net>
wrote:

>If she hasn't *reached* the point of understanding the impact/cost of
>her drinking the slogans will just be a useless pain in the ass.

Oh! No!