One of my roomates is on a steady diet of three 40's a night.

[crash3837]

One of my 4 roomates comes home and drinks three 40's every night befor he goes to bed and then usually a couple beers also. Sometimes he doesn't come home right after work, he goes to the bar (after a rough day at work doing nothing) just to get warmed up and comes home with his three 40's wraped in paper bags.
He has been doing this for about 1yr steady and has maybe missed out of that whole yr about 7-14 days not drinking. When everone moved in about 1yr ago he had recently been to the Dr. and was told he had very high blood pressure ( he also chews 1 can of snuff a day, and on top of that he smokes) but that hasn't stopped him. Nobody probably would of moved in with him if they would of known it was this bad. One of my other roomates explained to him that he has to slow it down if he wants to stay alive. His reply was when he was in the Air Force he had to quit the whole time he was in Saudi Arabia he quit because drinking was not allowed there so he knows he can quit, he just dosen't want to right now. So there is another strike. His habbits get very annoying he passes out with the T.V. on full blast, he gets so drunk he sort of sleep walks and pisses on the floor ect. How do you deal with something like this?

 

[theoak01]

holy shit man,i thought i drank alot,that boy probably doesnt have much liver left,and yes im working on my Problem,send him to AA

 

[WODIN]

Your roomie is an alchoholic and he needs some serious help.

 

[HappyScrappy]

GBL/GHB

 

[crash3837]

Yes everyone in this house agrees that he need help, but how do you help someone who doesn't want to be helped.

 

[crash3837]

We used to hang out with this guy in high school befor he went into the Air Force, and his drinking was sort of like a game back then. He liked to brag and show people that he drank, and that he drank a lot like a lot of younger people when they 1st start to drink. It is just something that he never grew out of and now it has over come him.

 

[Y_lifter]

In a Couple of more months, you should be able to use his liver as a door stop... SAD...

 

[Milhouse]

YOu can do nothing for him unless he wants to do anything for himself.

Ask anyone here who has had a family member, partner or friend with a drug or alcohol problem.

None of that stuff, AA, Rehabs, or quitting cold turkey works unless the person wants to.

 

[john937]

You can't change him if he doesn't want to change himself.
Sounds like it's time to ask him to find another place to live.
Say it, mean it, and don't back down when he whines.
He has got to be having a negative effect on you and the others in the house.
If he won't stod drinking for his own health, you need to remove him
from your life for your own mental health.

 

[bstone]

Sounds like a case of depression to me. I hate to say it because it makes me sound like an old man and I am not. It is true though, many people take on self-destructive behaviors when they are depressed.


He may need more help then you think.