Originally Posted by
wanttobehealthy 
The new solution du jour is quitting smoking (which he'd supposedly already done). Smoking is making him want to drink. He's going to white knuckle it-- just needs to make it 3 days without a cigarette and he'll be fine.
Ah yes, the smoking-drinking connection. I remember this. XAH tried to get me on board by asking me to buy him the patch, which is rather expensive, to get through the cravings. He also used his quitting smoking to justify buying a new violent video game that he could "lose himself in" to distract himself from the cravings.
And of course, (and here's the kicker), whenever he felt a craving that was "too much to handle", I had to immediately get down on my knees and give him....Well, you get the picture. And I couldn't just give him...what he wanted...I had to "look like I enjoyed it" by adding appropriate sounds and expression.
Needless to say, XAH is still a smoker.