Tell me, bro spent 17 days in the hospital. When they released them my sis whose backyard he lives in, in a RV so uses her address, had him brought to her house, took 2 large men to haul him up a set of steep stairs, they live on the side of a mountain in Pigeon Forge area and dumped on her love seat, she had to go to the hospital and pick up the porta potty. He lives like a pig smell and all. Scares her grands. She finally got him back in his RV after months. Chaps my hide we have to pay disability for him which he uses to buy more booze. At 50+ no one can control what he does.
That truly is a shame. Also sad that one succumbs so totally. I gave up drinking probably 20 years ago, but it was really not an issue with me because I just didn’t like some of my behaviors when on alcohol, nor did I enjoy the hangovers. But I was never one who drank every day. Instead I was the kind of drinker that once I started I drank until I was blotto.
(At 50+ no one can control what he does.)
You can not rehab someone who doesn’t want to stop, that’s where counseling come into play. That counseling can only come from someone who’s been there.
Old story about addiction.
Man falls into a hole and starts yelling for help.
Preacher comes to the edge and says I’ll pray for you.
Rich man comes to the edge and threw 200 dollars to him.
A Grocer comes to the edge and threw him some bread and water.
A recovered addict comes to the edge and jumps in the hole with him.
The man tells the addict he must be crazy since they were now both in the hole.
The addicts says “Don’t worry I’ve been here before and know the way out”.