I came back to my office and found an e-mail from my brother telling me to let my other brother know that he is going to the hospital to be checked out, once again he has severe gut pain or as we know it, pancreatitis. My question is why???...how many times will he go through this before he wakes up and realizes he is killing himself. After reading your post and those that followed, its may sound wierd, but I felt kind of a calmness, because this is what they do and I cannot control it or him.
He went through extensive rehab last fall and stayed sober until June...had a sponsor, working a program, thought all was good. Then left his wife and kids and continued to spiral down...it's just so frustrating to watch and not be able to fix it. I just hope one day he can find the reason to be sober like alot of you on this board. My prayers are for all of us!