Do any of you out there have a relative that is a big pain in the rear? My family is going through a mini-crisis because one of our kin likes to participate in a very destructive habit. This family member basically "sponged" 50k off my dad, yet still is acting like a jerk! My dad could have stopped this from happening, but he did what he thought was right I guess. Now that my dad has departed this life, I guess this relative expects the rest of us to run after him.....It ain't going to happen in this lifetime.
Anyway, this family member is about to die because of his unseemly lifestyle and I'm struggling with my conscience; I don't want to go help him. The Christian side of me says that I'm obligated to help him. My worldly side tells me that he's made his decision and I will never be able to help him regardless of what I do. This man, at one time, had a six figure income and has literally drank it all away. Now he has no home, no car, and nowhere else to go. If he doesn't get into detox he will die in the next few days. What really is disturbing about this is that everyone that knows him, likes him. I'd like to be more like him in someways. He's sweet, kind, gentle....until he picks up the Vodka. He drinks two fifths a day now, or so his boyfriend tells us. Yes, this family member is gay and a drunk. The whole thing is just simply disgusting to me.
What makes a person want to drink themselves into oblivion? I've just never understood that and I used to drink! I smoked cigarettes for 26 years and then laid them down one day and never looked back. Don't tell me that alcoholics have it any worse than smokers. Addiction is addiction no matter what it is and an addict can stop when they choose to.
For any of you out there that might have the misfortune of reading my blog....you'd better lay of the booze or you surely will wind up where this man is at. This is disgustingly sad. I can't stand his lifestyle and I can't stand the thought of the end of one of the sweetest people who ever walked this earth. His passing will surely sadden me and I will miss him not being around. I tell him, every time I talk to him, that I love him. I just wish he loved himself enough to see that life is worth living; life is a beautiful thing if a person gets off their duff and just enjoys being alive. I have my own family to worry about now, and he has made his choices on what he considers important, I just wish I could have been important to him. You see, I'm talking about my brother here; I'm going to be really sad when he leaves us here soon. I just think about what could have been had he stayed sober.
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