You all know that saying “You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink”.

You can show someone a better way of life, but sometimes they’d rather stick to their old ways – no matter how much they’ve lost because of those old patterns of behavior.

If you’ve never been affected by someone else’s alcoholism or drug addiction, or you never had a alcohol or drug problem of your own, you are very fortunate. It is heartbreaking to see someone you care about return to drinking or drugs, simultaneously losing everything important in life. The wanton self-destruction of a loved one is to much to bare. Sadly, I’ve seen this happen several times to people I care about. It never gets any easier.