Does tough love work? Yes and no. It all depends on the individual and the situation. For myself, it was a must. No one was going to sweet talk me into quitting. I was to smart, to unique, to stubborn, to angry, to sick and to addicted to stop for reasonable reasons only. If people tried to reason with me, I quit listening. It went beyond listening to reason. I had to feel the pain and see it for myself before I was ready to quit and do the work to make it happen.