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Originally Posted by Bill3
Prairie Girl, you might want to take a look at the "Stages of Change"model that is commonly used by addiction counselors and others.
Do keep in mind that a person who drinks heavily is suffering. They have pain in their lives that is difficult to deal with. The fact that he was drinking heavily around the time of his MRI underscores this concept.
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I read over the info, thank you for the links. Is that for HIM to change? Or for me?
He does have pain in his life -- the main one being that he 'killed' his best friend in a drunk driving accident, he was the driver. BUT that was when he was 17 years old. He says he's been an alcoholic since then.
Seems a long time to grieve and makes me think it is an 'excuse' after all this time.