>>Only then will he sober up and not until then will he be capable of seeking the help he needs.
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>>Mike has shown that he can stay sober weeks at a time. So even if he went into rehab, I think that he would just wind up getting drunk again because he refuses to work the program. Personally, I think that Mike is beyond help. And even though he is not my best friend in the world, that makes me sad. Life is precious and should not be wasted.
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>These two messages caused me to call the police:
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>Re: Encrypting Data Thread #1428109 Message #1428765
>Re: Jus me, dumb as hell Thread #1428645 Message #1428747
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>I hope I am wrong, but I think he may be in the worst place physcially he has ever been. With two daughters, it is not worth risking though. I don't care how angry he gets or if he was hoping for this all along. With posts like that, he should not expect people to ignore it. I called the police for his daughters sakes.
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>I don't even know if his address information on his profile is accurate or not, but that is the address I gave the police. They called me back to ask about his exact words online and I read the posts to him. I'm not sure if they will do anything at all or not. I hope they at least verify that he is alive and not sitting there with pills and alcohol in his system deteriorating....we all know that can be lethal.
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>I'd rather it be that the call was unecessary than the other alternative.

Tracy, I am very glad you made that call. The police came and took me to the ER. I was there far about 24 hours and then to a psych ward for detox and observation for 72 hours. I got home late yesterday afternoon.

Will not go into a long description of the experience as I did when all this happened before. It annoyed some people, probably rightfully so. I expect to be on the UT rarely or at all, at least for a while. They did give me some new suggestions and some new medications, all of which I am trying.

Thank you again for intervening. They told me the blood alcohol level they took in the ER was .346, which they said almost certainly would have been fatal if I had not been rescued. Regardless of the pills, the alcohol alone would have killed me. So THANK YOU. This is hereby declared Tc Holzer Day on the UT <g>.

Thank you all for the comments, even the unkind ones. It really is time for me to get serious about this. It is way past being any kind of game or self indulgence. Please wish me luck and the strength to do what I need to.

If anyone wants to contact me, that's fine. I do not expect to be on the UT but email is still in operation. (And no, I am not blaming the UT, or anyone but myself, for my troubles. I am just trying to stay away from anything that can be a trigger for me).

Best to all.