I'm very sad to hear that
I hope the talk goes well, I can say from experience that most of the time talking to an alcoholic achieves nothing. They are either in denial, complete agreement and follow nothing through, they lie some more or it's just like talking to a brick wall and very frustrating. Stop with the words and implement the action, 6 years of my nagging/GP and Psychologist talking to my husband didn't work but he got a shock when I gave him his ultimatum and told him he has to go to rehab or he has to move out.
I just so wish words would work with them as it's my way of communication but really, I've tried so many different techniques; the only thing that did work was strict boundaries with a time-scale of being followed through consistently.
Good luck
