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Old 07-12-2008, 09:15 AM
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Bernadette
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Hiya Anubus

And how stupid could he be, drinking & driving AGAIN......no license & a warrant out for his arrest for a DUI.

Maybe not stupid but his sub-conscious wish/need to get busted, hit Bottom. get help.

You on the other hand should think twice about lending a vehicle to a known active alcoholic/drunk driver. I would have a hard time living with myself if he hadn't made it home without hurting someone else....

Sounds like this guy needs way more than a helping hand. He's an alcoholic. It's a very very powerful addiction. It won't go away with a job, or sleeping in a house, or a porch, or the woods. None of that matters to the active alcoholic.

Maybe bring him to a shelter or Salvation Army, or a hospital and just tell him that until HE gets help you simply cannot support him or give hm a place to crash anymore.

Tough stuff for you to handle no doubt - but you are seriously enabling this guy and so in that way you are not actually "helping" him but helping his addiction.

Peace + prayers --
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