Originally Posted by
sg1970 
If he's in the US you might be able to petition the court to have him committed. Perhaps you could call a local AA office to see about a twelfth step call? That's a tough situation and I'm sorry to hear you are going through it. Unfortunately if he doesn't want to stop there's very little anyone can do to change his mind. He has to be ready and want to.
I think it's state by state now. And I know in Indiana there is absolutely nothing you can do to get committed, bc if anyone needs to be committed, it's the ex-wife of my friend. They've closed down all the mental institutions (during Reagan era) that were federally run then the states shut all theirs down. That's a big reason for the large homeless population.