“Our role is to allow the inevitable consequences to overtake the unhappy drinker, as they surely will if we keep ourselves from doing anything to prevent it. The trouble that finally faces the alcoholic will be of his own making.” (ODAT, 31 May)
Let it play out. Do not lie down on the rails. Go and do
something else. Then they might get well.
Get involved with all of my good advice and comfort and I
prevent him from experiencing the results of his own actions.
Do that and he’ll never get well. He’ll go down, and I’ll go
down with him.