We have no idea if an addict has hit bottom until he’s in a program of sobriety. (And then we don’t know if the bottom will “stick.”)
“He has definitely hit rock bottom at this point.”
So said a close friend of comedian Andy Dick after he was caught with a woman in the men’s bathroom at a club and seen snorting cocaine off a CD cover in his car. The same friend, however, contradicted himself when he added, “Unless he gets help fast…he’s going to kill himself, because he is totally out of control….” So, either he’s bottomed and lives or he hasn’t bottomed and dies. Which is it? Of course, there’s no way to know without the benefit of hindsight. The good news is many addicts get sober who we think “no way, ever;” the bad news is some never get sober and die all-too-young. If you’re a friend, don’t give up. But do something few others have done: try to get videos of his antics and use them in the (next) intervention.
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