Originally Posted by
HopingForCure 
I am very sure that he needed money to pay rent so in a way I do not feel bad about helping him. But clearly he has not been able to keep a job because of his alcoholism - so by giving him money, I am letting him know that it is ok to not be responsible in life.
Perhaps it depends on how we think, please take this for what it's worth, grain of salt, it's all good.
From my own experience I had to hit rock bottom before I changed, I wanted to change years before I stopped however as long as I knew I could rely on others to bail me out, I only stayed dry for a short period of time. I also believe we are all responsible for our actions if we were not life on earth would be chaos.
As long as I had someone to bail me out it was easy for me with the alcohol addiction to continue in my destructive lifestyle.
All the best
Andrew