This is very difficult for me to share. Lately my best friend from my college days has reaapeared in my life but with an active drug/slcohol problem. When I knew him in the 80's he was in AA and had his act together. He and his ex wife even tried fixing me up on dates with men - very progressive at the time though I often questioned their taste in men lol...
And I'm getting off the point. My friend has an MO. He comes from a bit of money and his Mom recently passed resulting in an inheritance. He will stay in a mid range hotel and drink/use, get evicted after two days, get sent to a hospital from the hotel, get sober/stabilized at the hospital (at Medicare's expense as he's already on Medicare due to another issue - late stage kidney disease). Then he'll check out of the hospital, check into another mid range hotel, and lather, rinse, repeat.
Yesterday I had a short day at work due to minimuzing holiday pay. I bussed it over to Scottsdale to the Holiday Inn my friend was staying at.....and the eviction process was unfolding yet again. I watched the interaction of the Scottsdale Police, EMT's, and ambulance crew and watched my friend - from a restaurant bordering the hotel property - being loaded into an ambulance. So depressing.
Clean and sober this is a great person. Drinking/using a liability. I know realistically there is little or nothing I can do here - he has to want help. I post this all to ask - how would you.personally.cope with such? I find it difficult. Rob