Originally Posted by
cynical one 
He can't find any job where he can make a lousy $150 a week to pay for room and board at a sober home??? Get real.
He can find a job, but then he loses his unemployment, which is $400 per week. He has $150 in fines from court every 2 weeks, plus other bills that were close to collections. If he went to the sober living, he loses unemployment, has to pay $150 plus all food and other expenses. I will not be responsible for his court costs or his other bills, so it's not feasible to do a sober living because he could not afford to pay that bill on top of his other bills. I'm all for his recovery, but not at my expense when there are other options. He could do an IOP or meetings or something else where he wouldn't lose unemployment.