My nephew spent a few years in the military and came back with a horrible drinking and drug problem.
He was hurt during some training exercises and the dentist gave him pain pills.
It only took a few weeks before our nephew to get hooked, and he was taking numerous multiple pills a day, even when he did not have much pain. When he had to stop taking the pain pills, he started drinking every night. He spent 7 years in the military until he finally decided to leave. Unluckily, our nephew still continue to drink heavily after leaving. My mom and I tried to talk to him about the problem, although he refused to listen. Last weekend, he was driving condo from the bar. He was drinking too much to drive and ended up in an accident with another driver. The accident was clearly our nephew’s fault, and now he has to hire a criminal lawyer. The criminal lawyer required $5,000 to take the case, and our mom put her lake house up as collateral. My nephew is truly going to end up spending a few years in prison, even if the criminal lawyer is successful. There was a good deal of damage to the other vehicle and driver. My nephew’s drinking has finally caused a drastic problem and I hope he will use this as a wake-up call. If he has to spend a few years in prison to get sober, then maybe that won’t be a bad thing, however still, I hope the criminal lawyer will be able to get him out with several years of probation.