Originally Posted by
mhns 
Thanks for the replies. I guess my thought is if I keep giving him money, albeit I do owe it to him. It just gives him more money to continue to drink every single day. Which is what he is doing. Sigh. So confused.
That's true but I still think it's more controlling to withhold a debt you owe than it is enabling to give him his money.
Extracting yourself financially from him is probably a good idea in its own right.