DDD
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Our business is next door to a day labor business. Obviously we "see" addiction every day and a couple of the regulars we have had pull weeds or small odd jobs when they were particularly needy. One of the men has gone thru treatment and is in recovery. The other man is in his 30's or maybe pushing 40. He is polite and bright as well as being a hard worker. Yesterday he came in the store. His family has detached because of his lifelong addiction (although they pay him to do yard work or whatever on an irregular basis).
He told me yesterday that he lost his girlfriend, lost his apt. and his Dad passed away last week. He is back to living in a tent in the woods. I asked him how many times he had been to rehab he replied four times. Then he added "they want me to come back again but I have to go to the detox center for five days before they will take me". Most upsetting to me was that he added "I had DT's last night so I'm having a hard time". OMG...can you imagine having the DT's living in a tent in the woods. My heart breaks for him and his family. Last year he said to difficult child#1 "you really need to stay away from that stuff so you can have a life...but I don't think you're ready". difficult child, of course, doesn't see himself as a "real" alcoholic because he only drinks three or four nights a week. So sad. DDD
He told me yesterday that he lost his girlfriend, lost his apt. and his Dad passed away last week. He is back to living in a tent in the woods. I asked him how many times he had been to rehab he replied four times. Then he added "they want me to come back again but I have to go to the detox center for five days before they will take me". Most upsetting to me was that he added "I had DT's last night so I'm having a hard time". OMG...can you imagine having the DT's living in a tent in the woods. My heart breaks for him and his family. Last year he said to difficult child#1 "you really need to stay away from that stuff so you can have a life...but I don't think you're ready". difficult child, of course, doesn't see himself as a "real" alcoholic because he only drinks three or four nights a week. So sad. DDD