A very good friend of mine has been recently diagnosed with liver problems , and I’ll be blunt about the causes , as its self inflicted to a degree , due to very heavy drinking and other various substance abuse over the years .
Now I do not judge people and certainly do not intervene , unless asked , but the problem now is he’s now more depressed about stopping drinking then he is about the illness itself , which is understandable in some respects, but not in others .
People come to me for advice , but I don’t drink , don’t smoke … what do I do..:) ,
so it can be very strange dispensing advice from “temperance hill “ – so to speak , but in my own mind - anything goes as long as it doesn’t harm anyone , including
yourself , which I suppose is a variation of “everything in moderation”………
…………but on speed :)
This of course - I don’t mention , especially , when I talk to people in this and other predicaments and its probably just as well in this particular case , as my friend has now decided to go back on to the drink .
So “in my wisdom “ - I’ve decided to try and gently nurture his interest in other things , as I suppose this may try and take his mind off the demon drink - so to speak .
I reckon we all need an aim in life and if we lose it we tend to relapse in to a non - world that is provided by for example – drinking.
Now I know there are alternatives to the avoidance , if you can call it that , of humdrum life but in a less destructive way, and hence my strategy – we’ll just have to see what happens……………………..
