I was told that I hadn't hit "bottom" yet. Well why should I have to wait until I lost everything before trying to quit?!
Even if someone says they lost everything they are lying. If they are saying it, they must be alive so they have not lost everything. Instead of telling someone that they are not through drinking and should go back out maybe they should just be told that until they accept that they are powerless over alcohol the program of AA will not work for them. It would be to the point and if they ended up dying due to their drinking at least it would not be because someone told them they needed to drink more.