How do you deal with a quitter?

PUNCH HIM IN THE BALLS.

Why is my best answer percentage so low? I try so hard. Please could everyone answer my question in stead of the one above.

Punishments like insults aren't very effective. There's was a report from psychologists at the University of New Mexico that rated every one of the treatments that's ever been used for alcoholism. Insulting and threatening the alcoholic was ranked the absolute worst treatment. This is consistent with a very large body of research that shows punishment to be an ineffective means of training animals and people.

Quitters have exaggerated fears about what will happen if they push themselves or if they fail. Some people see this and think the quitter needs to be told that he's a coward, but what the quitter needs is self-confidence. When I hear people talk about how they lack self-confidence, the first thing I do is remind them what kinds of stresses ordinary people can take. Our prehistoric ancestors hunted the woolly mammoth with spears, in a world without medicine. We have the same human genome that they had.

If you google "web md" with "resilience," you'll see some good sources. This is a hot topic in psychology.

i have a friend like that, quitting without doing anything, then blaming everyone, including himself for it. i've been trying to make him see sense and so far he hasn't quit on living yet. maybe it would be helpful to make him see, make him realize, that nothing's gonna happen if you don't do anything. take for example what you said, him going back because he quit being alone. then make him see how miserable life would be if he stays like that- not doing anything. also, try to show the importance, the reward of doing. quitting never gets you anywhere so show him what he'll have to gain with actually doing something. try manipulating the things he wants and needs, try coaxing him. and maybe it would be helpful if you get professional help.

That would get too irritating for me to be around. I'd terminate the relationship, whether he was an employee, a friend, or a spouse.

I really don't know. That would drive me to my death lol