on the one hand..... no man can force another man to choose....
on the other hand..... how do I live with his death if I didn't try?
on the other other hand - he's a man who knows how to work the system... a petition (according to the prosecutor) is tricky business and very difficult. he has gotten himself out of many a psych ward before, convincing them he's "Just an addict / alcoholic" and since there's no law enabling a state to compel a person to treatment - his constitutional right to drink himself to death prevails.
*UGH*