tromboneliness

Sounds as though you know what the situation is. I don't have any wisdom except that what seems like help sometimes isn't. If Dad's losing the house, but someone steps in and writes a check to get him an apartment, he figures that validates his contention that there is no problem. He might have to get kicked out, go to a shelter, or whatever... and that might not do it, either. They (the experts, whoever they are) say that some big percentage of alcoholics die drunk. That's sad, but there is nothing we can do to stop it. We can only hope that somehow or other, he comes to a decision that something has to be done -- namely, get sober and healthy.

T