There's nothing you can do
Any change would come from him.
As he is 'functioning', nothing in his life isunder threat as far as he's concerned.
Does he have a partner, if so do you two get on?
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 13:05, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

Are you suggesting he sleep with his brothers partner?

(PsychoChomp, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 13:06, Reply)

Yeah, thought it might frighten him into getting sober.
No, ya numpty, you know what I was driving at :P
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 13:07, Reply)

I know what you meant I deliberatly misinterpreted for comic effect.

(PsychoChomp, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 13:10, Reply)

You have let me down
You have let yourself down
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 13:12, Reply)

*weeps*

(PsychoChomp, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 13:16, Reply)

Oh lord, now what have I done
Sorry Chompy, it was hilarious. It was like Brian Rix. On acid.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 13:22, Reply)

He has a girlfriend who's as concerned as me
But they've not been seeing each other very long so she can't really help without jeopardising their relationship.

The problem is that he simply won't take advice - and ALL his friends are from the pub. If he packed that in he'd have literally no-one in his town to socialise with. He only moved there a couple of years back and didn't know a single person.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 13:11, Reply)

Well if he's an alcaholic she hasn't been with for long
she'd be better jeopardising it now and risking success, than sticking with him and letting the misery increase.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 13:13, Reply)

Agree
or else she is just enabling him and making her own life miserable.
(MichaelS wasn't picked again, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 13:17, Reply)

Good, things are back to normal
Everyone was so nice to each other and there were so few posts the last few days I was worried this place had become a support group for Christmas addicts. I actually had to do some work at muy office as there nothing here to follow. Ahh, sex jokes and other things, back to normal.
(MichaelS wasn't picked again, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 13:10, Reply)