Have to log in from work today to tell you what just happened. I teach at a uni and I just had a student come in to request an assignment extension for alcohol-dependency reasons. Ended up talking to me at length about his problem and the difficulty of dealing with it. I had to just listen (couldn't share in the conversation for professional reasons; would love to have recommended SR!) but, boy, was I a sympathetic listener! Everything he said so resonated with what we talk about here in the forum. Yes, stupid alcoholism.