Originally Posted by
Katfshh 
OK lots of "Ouch" comments there. Is it not possible that when he is sober he is real,and he is a good person? If he had Cancer I would be a bad person if I turned my back. So, why is this a disease, If the way I handled it is to just give up?
would you let a person with cancer refuse treatment?
would that make you a "good" person? allowing them to do it their way?
despite the fact that treatment would improve their chances of survival?
hello, katfshh, my name is beth and i am an alcoholic.
what helped me decide to go to treatment was my career (in the Army) was at stake, and I would lose my children.
lucky for me, that was low enough for me to go.
no one says you have to give up, just get out of his way to make a decision.
i, too, just had to put my heroin addicted son out of my house.
he had 4 years sober (3 years in prison), he was going to college, tutoring other students in math, and doing so well. it is heartbreaking.
I am not giving up, but I cannot watch him choose this life again.
I am deeply sorry for the pain you are suffering. I feel it too.
Beth