I know for me, not in a relationship or close friendsship with the person, if they are still suffering, I will keep telling them what I was like, what I did, and what I am now. It may not make a difference right now but I HAVE seen in the last year that a person came up to me and said when they did start in recovery, that they remembered what I had said to them and it had helped. We may not always be able to reep the rewards of being the one to lead them to recoverys but we can at least plant the seed in their minds and have hopeful thoughts that somewhere down the road it may help. I have also seen in my case that sometimes it is better to move on to the next person and leave the other alone with what you have said. Better to leave one lost soul than not be able to help 5 others because you used your time on that 1 person.

Allan