My boat needs to run real good on the 4th of July. FIX IT !!

[tphoyt]

A good friend of mine that can’t handle it and shouldn’t drink just fell off the wagon after 10 years. I’m worried about him but he won’t listen to anyone. He’s just a mean when he drinks.
It’s a terrible as he’s a really nice guy otherwise.
A few of his employees have bailed on him already. I’m hopeful that I can get through to him soon before it’s to late.

 

[FLATHEAD]

A good friend of mine that can’t handle it and shouldn’t drink just fell off the wagon after 10 years. I’m worried about him but he won’t listen to anyone. He’s just a mean when he drinks.
It’s a terrible as he’s a really nice guy otherwise.
A few of his employees have bailed on him already. I’m hopeful that I can get through to him soon before it’s to late.

That’s bad news. I’ve lost a few friends to addiction. Ugly buisness it is! Heroin, booze. It’s actually the alcohol that seems to be the slow grind till it finally takes you. The drugs seem to progress till an overdose and it’s over.

 

[redneck joe]

I’m hopeful that I can get through to him soon before it’s to late.

That's more up to him. If he doesn't realize employees are leaving because of it, chances are slim.

 

[tphoyt]

Yes it is slim but I’m not going to give up trying.
I’m no stranger to the illness and I believe that’s is what it is but at the end of the day one’s self is the only cure.
My farther drank him self to death and died of kidney failure. My mother drank a lot but she made it to 85 and was still going strong but passed from a surgery gone wrong so I think she was just pickled. She’s been gone 15 years now but would likely still be here had things not gone wrong. My sister was on the edge of death when she figured it out and has been dry for 36 years now. And I have lost several great friends to drugs and or alcohol. It very sad to watch.
Sorry for getting off topic.
I’m done rambling.