>We ask for complete sobriety, then we get a day, then a month, then he takes a drink, and we take that all away. Every good day wiped off the record because of one day they decide to cut loose. What does that kind of accomplishment being completely erased due to the mind of someone in that never ending cycle?
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Mike, unless you missed a long run of posts from him, it's far, far more than that.

No one asks for perfection from anyone. But you have a case of an individual who decided (and IMO, decided all along) that he didn't need help

A person has responsibility to their family and close friends - but above it all, has a responsibility to himself/herself.

To quote Huey Lewis, it's hip to be square.