Originally Posted by
LexieCat 
And, incidentally, how is having "brothers, mother, whoever" bail someone out any different? It's OK to drain THEIR resources? It's OK for THEM to make sure he doesn't experience the consequences of his actions?
I'm tellin' ya--please, PLEASE find a different profession.
Lexie...stay with me please...The thought process behind the above is that most other people beside the significant other will not continually bail someone out to their own detriment-even if they are family members. Eventually they will get tired of him, not put up with it, and the well, so to speak, will run dry. Then he's out of options. It's the gutter or getting sober.