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Quote From: giggi05

I too, grew up with an alcoholic father and had no idea as a young person what effect his alcoholism would have on our entire family.  I have a son (46  yrs old) who is drinking himself to death.  Literally, he is going to die soon if something doesn't change in his life.  I picked him up on Easter Sunday of this year after not hearing from him in months.  I knew his wife had made him leave home because of his drinking and he was living alone in a trailer.   Several of his friends (really drinking buddies) called to tell me we needed to do something as he was about dead.  He had not had a drink in 3 weeks at that time but was so debilitated he could hardly stand so he agreed to go to the doctor.  I carried him to the emergency room and they admitted him to ICU.  He was in kidney failure, was anemic, had stomach ulcers, and had a horrible lesion on his tongue extending down his throat.  They put him through every imaginable test and got him back on his feet.  Sent him home and in a month's time he was drinking again.  Drinks every day to the point of collapse.  Answers yes to every question on the alcoholic quiz but will not agree to go to any kind of treatment facility or back to a doctor.  What do you do?  He has 2 daughters, one grown and one only 8 yrs old.  He loves his children dearly but cannot or will not stop drinking.