Fururetrip.....I total agree with your judgement on this!
It is regrettable that his p arents don't see the true nature of this disease. they probably never will....
You and I know that alcoholism and cancer are not the same things!!!!
I have seen it where the family, from a distance, trys to get y ou to take the alcoholic on your shoulders.....
But, their tune seems to change if they get the son or daughter on their doorstep for a while and see what it is really like!!
dandylion