Originally Posted by
Newlife2019 
Is there no rock bottom for these people? No sense of ethics? No compassion for their children?
Unequivocally, no.
I think with alcoholics/other addicts, all others can really do is detach from the behaviour. There really is no rock bottom.
There is no sense of ethics, no compassion, no integrity in that regard.
Why? Because addiction is selfish to the core. It must be. No one can have a drug as a taskmaster and a psychologically distorting taskmaster at that and be "normal". Just doesn't happen, can't be.
You can't love your drug and all others too. The love of alcohol is held above all others. ALL others.