(October 7, 2014 at 7:06 pm)ShaMan Wrote:(October 7, 2014 at 6:56 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: One of the locals around here is an alcoholic looking for a place to happen.Are you in a position to help this person heal?
He is nowhere near ready to stop. He has a few family members left to estrange, he still manages to earn an income and his lawyer still takes his calls. I think he drinks at home now, he is banned at every bar in the area.
Sad to contemplate, but falling backwards and splitting his head open after getting punched in a fight he started might be a blessing.
An acquaintance of his missed a curve on his motorcycle a few years ago and wound up dying unnoticed in a corn field one night. I figured at least a few of the surviving local wet brains might get a clue at that point, but they have all resisted.
A friend of my sister's conducts 12 Step meetings at a county jail in Nebraska. Unfortunately, it is a really frustrating thing, no one wants to be there, none of them think they have a problem, and some just BS their way through the meetings.
