Atalose has nailed it, Anchored. My alcoholic sib lives with my mother. Several years ago we put him out of her house because his drinking was so bad. He went through detox, then to a sober house for a few years. He lobbied my mother constantly to come back home, and my other sib and I finally gave in.
Of course, he started drinking again, and it is as bad, if not worse, than it was. If I had known then what I know about this terrible condition of alcohol dependency, I would not have let him return to mom's house. Too late smart, as they say. Peace.