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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's so interesting that the replies are almost evenly split between "let the old man do what he wants - stop micromanaging his life!" and "absolutely not - he will certainly devolve into needing to drink increasing quantities causing misery and pain for himself and family."  Curious that folks see it as so black and white - with little room for nuance.[/quote]

Addiction is not about nuance.

The man drank on the way to work previously.

The division may be between those who have experience with addiction and those who don't.

OP, why do you think your opinion holds more weight than long term alcoholism? By family, do you mean your brother? Do you think stepmom's longterm codependence and enabling is going to easily change? Besides supporting recovery work for stepmom and engaging in it yourself, why do you see yourself as in the middle of this? That they are even "negotiating" means without active recovery work she will actively enable and he will be back into active addiction soon if not already. That is a given. Educate yourself re: addiction and codependence.

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