Thanks for your reply, Richard. You see the drinking as caused such troubles for everyone who cares about him. I don't understand why it is not enough for him to stop..as he is losing everything and everyone he has loved. Like his boat, for instance. He was mad about boating. He has lost that beautiful boat now. That boat held many fond memories. Even those great memories will not make him stop.

He has a job now..which he hates. He is used to making a great deal of money. That too is gone.
Before my mother died 2 years ago..I saw it rip her heart apart to see him slipping so low.

It really is a torture to watch.He is the only sibling I have left. One brother died of natural causes at the age of 50. Ran himself into the ground..he did. Another took his own life in his garage..leaving his 2 little girls waiting at school to be picked up after the final bell.

I will never be at peace about all of this. It's always there.

Thanks again for your response!!

TGC