Ted Barnes wrote in a message to Sue Alexander:
TB> Hi Sue, I'm a drunk and an addict, so I like to use one
TB> word Addict. You have some very good points and stick with your
TB> guns. I am coming up on 7 years now of sobriety.
     Big time congratulations!  While I know this is only the start to 
lifelong sobriety, it is quite a noteworthy accomplishment.
 JK> You cannot threaten an addict into stopping.
 SA> Did I ever say you can?
TB>  No you never did, but yes it can be done.
TB>  I am a living an example, If I drank during my parole years back  I
TB> lost my parole. Hence the threat alone kept me going to meetings 
TB> which stopped me from starting again. My first year of sobriety  I
     I am glad that parole is what got you started then.  However, the threat 
needed would differ from individual to individual.  Most of the addicts I see 
in my job as a Medical Technologist are simply not scared or threatened by 
physical harm, so they keep killing themselves slowly with their choice of 
drug(s).
     Sue
... "Don't take life serious, it ain't noways permanent."  -Pogo
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