They're Crying "Save Me, Save Me"

Sometimes the stupidity of humans is terrifying.

I have a friend at college whose uncle is an alchoholic, and he is drinking himself to death.  As a side note, to all of my high school fellow students (who were superior to me because of their socialite habits), I'm sure he DIDN'T start just like you, drinking for fun, so please, don't worry about changing ANYTHING.

Anyhow.  The doctors say he has a few months to live, and he keeps sprinting headlong to the grave.  I understand and have experienced quite closely the mystery of addiction.  I know that nothing matters to an addict except their addiction, not family, not friends, sometimes not even life.  When an addict says he wants to get better, you must make as much progress as you can, because that one hour is your only shot for awhile.  23 hours of the day, an addict denies that he's got a problem, or that he wants to fix it.  1 hour of the day, usually when they are alone and at their lowest point of the day, they want to change.

Well, my friend's uncle is being divorced from their aunt, and thus she can't try to organize anyone in the family..."How can I do that when there's already a tragedy going on in the family?"  I retorted that someone is going to die and she is going to let family drama stop her from -  She hangs up on me at this point.  Well darn, call someone who doesn't honestly care enough to try and fix something if you just want someone to cry to.

This blog post is addressed to every human on the planet.  You all know someone whose habits are killing them, perhaps physically, perhaps emotionally.  Maybe it's imminent, and maybe it's 30 years or more down the road.  Regardless, don't you dare keep your mouth shut because "it isn't your place, and you can't think of causing that much of a ruckus..."

Take the least motivated, least useful human being on the planet.  And if you have the chance, save their life, no matter the consequences.  I don't know for sure, but I have a theory that they will no longer be the least motivated, least useful person on the world after they realize that someone took the time to save them.