[Drew68]

Walters is usually too intoxicated to walk, which makes him ineligible for a sobering center. But regardless of where he goes, Walter's isn't bothered about the expense.

"Doesn't cost me a thing," he said cheerfully.

Party on, dude!

[rovenstinez]

Get him a one way ticket to NYC...they’ll send him to the Fiji Islands...

[DYngbld]

How do these people buy the booze in the first place. It takes some money to stay lit up like that all the time. Arrest him for something and get him some help. I am not one for social issues here but this guy needs some help. At this point he has a mental problem.

[Vigilanteman]

What's the problem? These habitual WINOs are only costing the city about $58K per year per pop for ambulance service alone. That's cheap compared to the cost of treating AIDS under ObaMao. Why don't they just raise taxes on businesses? They have plenty of money. < / sarcasm >

Seriously, every city has a goodly supply of Mr. Walterses. In a previously life, I was a cab driver in a small midwestern city. One of my regulars was a wino who was always either checking in or checking out of the VA Hospital there. I'd be willing to bet that a relative handful of these chronic abusers account for an astronomical share of the public medical costs.

[TheBattman]

Wouldn’t it be cheaper to build some small cells - kind of like the supposedly non-existent FEMA camps and keep the like of him in one? AFter all, if $150K in a year didn’t get him off the booze, then maybe putting him in a small cell with no company, give him the very basic nutrition, and let him dry out the old-fashioned way - deep him separated.

Depending on state, $150K would pay for an inmate in a maximum security prison for a few years... He apparently has made the decision to wallow in drunkenness. In that state, he represents a danger to others. Put him in a position that he really can make no other decision than to walk away from alcohol.

[elpadre]

Where I lived one time there was a subsidized senior apartment building a block away from the church. It was quiet, nice and several people attended the church from there.

Then the feds decided alcholism was a disease covered by SSI and they were eligible for subsidized housing and the only place available was the senior apartments.

From then on when you went into the building there were always several characters hanging around and at various places the stench of old alcohol.The seniors doubled locked their doors and no longer gathered in the lounge to chat and visit in the evenings.

[the long march]

The chronic drunk ( inebrient -—lord what a euphemism) most typically ends up in insitutions or dead. Wasted time and life in many ways a tragedy. Giving them a place to “dry out” till they feel better has never really seemed to make a difference.

AA isn’t for those who need it or even those who want it. It is for those who work it

[Londo Molari]

I'd ship him to the tent city in Sacramento.

[BipolarBob]

“Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son.”
Dean Wormer.

[STONEWALLS]

.....Post 10 from The Long March sums it up for me...over the last 29 years I’ve seen a lot of guys go thru detox and a lot of guys go thru AA...95% of alcoholics will die drunk...and BTW the oldest recovery group is not AA....it’s the Salvation Army...they’ll give a guy a bunk, supper and a job in the thrift store if he wants to try and help himself....if not, there’s little that can be done.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Give him 2 gallons of Everclear.

Problem solved.

[Oldpuppymax]

How about we send him to Mexico?

[dragnet2]

Speaking of drunks

Want to see some real interesting statistics on drunk driving?

California has nearly 13 million more people than Texas, yet there are MORE alcohol related DUI deaths in Texas than California.

http://www.alcoholalert.com/drunk-driving-statistics.html

Yeowza!

Statistics like this will surely piss people off!

lol

[BobL]

Looks like he went to one-too-many Dead concerts, and never returned.

Peace, brother.

[Lancey Howard]