I used to be a drunk...

[gibraltar72]

17. Not an addict but

I served on board of a halfway house addiction facility for over 20 years including chairman of board. I was always amazed how far some people would go to keep from admitting they had a problem. One case really hit home. My wife was a manager of a department in a large store One of her female employees was married to an abusive drunk. He had been in trouble many times but the judge grew weary and got tough. The next day my wife came home from work just steaming. She said her employee had torn into her and asked how I could serve on such a horrible board who didn't help people. I of course asked my wife what was going on. Her employee told her we charged so much her poor husband couldn't afford to come to our house and had to sit in jail. Real story judge told him go to jail or to our facility. The court paid for him to go but he told his wife it cost over a thousand dollars a month which they couldn't afford. Truth being he lied to his wife and himself rather that face the fact he was an alcoholic and needed help.