There is an old saying " alcoholics don't make friends, they take hostages"
We all know about heartache and tragedy on this forum.
"The families often suffer greater psychological damage than the people who were kidnapped," says Olga Lucia Gomez, head of Pais Libre, a nonprofit group that helps families of kidnap victims."
From a U.S. hostage in the Colombian jungle, a marriage proposal - *****! News
The alcoholic lives in his/her own world. Nothing really matters except drinking. It is as if the soul is kidnapped while we(families) try to cope.
Interesting stuff...