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Advise for how to help alcoholic fathers who are essentially homeless and live on their own, who won’t accept/get help, and doesn’t take care of himself (bathe, work, eat, go to hospital for injuries), lives in a house without electricity or water…
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Anonymous 1d

My father was a lifelong practicing alcoholic. I tried to help in whatever ways I could, but eventually had to cut off contact. He has died since. Still, I had to do it

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Anonymous 1d

My dad has an alcohol and gambling addiction, but he’s doing a lot better after rehab, he hasn’t touched alcohol in over 6 years

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 1d

How did you convince him to go?

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1d

I didn’t, one of his childhood friends did

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