(12-20-2019, 10:47 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote:

(12-20-2019, 05:18 PM)americus 2.0 Wrote: I'm sorry to hear about your friend. Addiction sucks. My dad is an alcoholic and has health issues that require him to take certain medications that absolutely, under no uncertain terms, should not be mixed with alcohol. Ever. 

He's been in the hospital due to interactions too many times, falls at the house, won't use his O2, and more. We've tried to talk to him about it but he doesn't care and is fine if he puts himself in an early grave. 

He's not as young as your friend, all of his kids are grown, but we still love him and want him healthy and alive. He doesn't care- even with all of his  close calls. It's been hard to accept this mindset but there is nothing to be done. Hopefully your friend will come around.

It's a sad fact of life that not everyone wants to live, especially if living is given in exchange for what makes it worthwhile.

Yep. My dad's brother finally committed suicide in 2010 after years of struggling with addiction. We're talking decades of struggle. My dad has said he is, and I quote, "too chicken [BLEEP]" to outright kill himself so he does so passively. My step mom is either an angel of mercy or she's into the emotional trauma that is her life taking care of my dad. 

I thank God every single day my mom's side of the family diluted whatever jacked up mental crap my dad's side of the family contributed to my DNA.

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