We know someone who is an alcoholic. Years ago he was really bad. He was married, had a son and his wife was pregnant with their daughter. When this guy was sober he was a really great, happy guy. When he would drink he changed into a mean, nasty, raving lunatic of a man. Back then there weren’t a lot of detox centers to choose from but one was found for him and he went in for a few months.
That place did a good job. When he got out he was back to his happy self until several years later when his wife died of cancer. He went back to drinking and the “monster” returned for a couple years. It played hell on his family. Then one day a few months ago he decided to stop hurting himself and his family and went sober again all by himself. He’s doing good so far without the help of a detox center too.
I sure hope nothing else comes along to send him back to the alcohol because we sure like this sober guy much better than the “monster”.
That’s a sad story known by too many people. Fortunately, there are places that can help men like this. It’s so awful to see alcohol, or anything else for that matter, take over a person’s life.