[joeysteele]

I have come across someone with alcohol addiction and also a drugs addiction. I will never condemn anyone for being in that position.

It is for them and also for their families a truly horrific thing at times to go through. Thankfully the person I know who has the alcoholic addiction has been off alcohol for over a year now but he needs to be really careful where he goes but more to the point who the company may be as there are always other daft people who push and push saying one drink won't hurt you or worse still, they go to get a soft drink for him but add alcohol to it.

Support and understanding is what most of them need.
Many unfortunately will reject the help however and they sadly are on a downward spiral and it is often impossible for their families to cope with the situation.

It is not at all a nice place for anyone, addict, family or friend to be. All anyone can do is be there and hope to guide them to relevant help and support, again though if they really don't want to take the help they will just walk off and relapse.

It is easy to write people off because of addictions, life can become intolerable for some close to the addict and they also need to think of others like children that are in their lives at the time too.
So it can be understood why some feel they have to give up on someone who is an addict.

I don't subscribe to they bring it on themselves, I would hope I would never give up on someone I knew with that problem and that I could be there as a friend, not a judge as to them or to condemn them.
Sadly though lives are wrecked and others lives are wasted by such addictions once they get really serious, a very sad and bad place for anyone to find themselves in.