Badger
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My best friend since high school has finally got himself into such a mess I don't know if he will survive it. For the past 10 years he has slowly drunk himself into destroying his life. It all started to snowball when the economy went in the toilet around 2008. He lost his father, his job, eventually his wife, and his home. It doesn't help that he has always had a depression problem. Drinking to excess and spending way over his means was his way to cope. Now at 68 he has no money except for a small SS that won't even cover his monthly rent and he has absolutely no ability to handle money responsibly, got himself into trouble DUI and not been responsible enough to make all the meetings with his parole officer, is not allowed to drive, recently lost a good paying job because he came to work with a black eye, bruises, and a broken tooth after drinking, lost over 20 lbs in the last few weeks because he was drinking and not eating so his health is shot, he looks 20 years older than he is, is upside down on his car payments, and only has enough money to last until the end of the month before he is out on the street. His wife divorced him in part because of drinking and now his girlfriend has done the same. His daughter won't let him near the grandchildren and he has lost any friends except maybe one who might be able to help him out with things like driving him to get groceries etc. There are a few other problems as well.
I live in a different city so I can't do much from here and I don't know how to give him any direction to find government assistance. I plan on going to see him next week for a day or two so he won't feel totally abandon. It will give him a chance to talk and I will take him out for his meals while I am there and put some groceries in the refrigerator. I just have the sad feeling that this may be the last time I see him alive. I don't think he will be able to survive the pressure. It's that bad. If you have read this far I could use any constructive advice you could offer.
I live in a different city so I can't do much from here and I don't know how to give him any direction to find government assistance. I plan on going to see him next week for a day or two so he won't feel totally abandon. It will give him a chance to talk and I will take him out for his meals while I am there and put some groceries in the refrigerator. I just have the sad feeling that this may be the last time I see him alive. I don't think he will be able to survive the pressure. It's that bad. If you have read this far I could use any constructive advice you could offer.