I think that rahsue would not be so callous as to withhold medical treatment from her ras if he needed it.
Recovery is not always as black/white as many non-addicts seem to believe.
I agree with that and many of us experience that the hard way. But there comes a time, even when the addict is your child, when "enough is enough" and you cannot handle the ups and downs and the roller coaster ride of the addiction and recovery. We, who love our addicts, relapse too when they do. Our emotions can only take so much especially when we have a front-row seat.
I think she did a great job in recognizing that her world did not end; his might have but she has not control over it and she cannot fix it.