The classes taught him such basic skills as taking a timeout, counting to 10 or getting a glass of water to ease tension during a fight or a potential argument. He was so affected that he has since returned to the program several times as a volunteer. Look at me. I ve been there. You can turn your lives around.
Some men pass through only because it was court-ordered.
They leave still in denial that they have a problem, and some of them return. The council also has a program for women. It tries to aid them before someone gets seriously hurt or killed. Pearl Williams could have learned from those sessions.